To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a program of high-risk, high-reward research.

Bill: 114-hr-2448
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2015-05-19
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services

Medical research

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Research administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require each national research institute to conduct or support high-risk, high-reward research that pursues innovative approaches to major biomedical challenges. The National Institutes of Health determines the percentage of funding each national research institute must set aside for this research.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2448 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 2015 Mr. Harris introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a program of high-risk, high-reward research.

1. High-risk, high-reward research Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 284 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 409K. High-risk, high-reward research program The director of each national research institute shall, as appropriate— (1) establish programs to conduct or support research projects that pursue innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in biomedical research that involve inherent high risk, but have the potential to lead to breakthroughs; and (2) set aside a specific percentage of funding, to be determined by the Director of NIH for each national research institute, for such projects. .