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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Pediatric Research Initiative Act of
1999''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that--
(1) innovations in health care, deriving from scientific
investigation of the highest quality, offer substantial
benefits to the well-being of children and savings in health
care costs;
(2) findings in pediatric research not only promote and
maintain health throughout a child's lifespan, but also
contribute significantly to new insights and discoveries that
will aid in the prevention and treatment of illnesses and
conditions among adults;
(3) the rapidly expanding knowledge base in biology and
medicine is offering greater opportunities than ever for
pediatric physician-scientists and basic researchers to harness
this knowledge to the benefit of children and society;
(4) the relatively smaller number of children compared as
to adults and the relative rarity of many of their diseases and
conditions has resulted in comparatively fewer resources being
devoted to pediatric research and a lesser focus on children's
needs;
(5) substantially more of the support for children's health
research is provided through the Federal Government than is the
case for adults because of these market forces;
(6) a new commitment to invest in children's research today
will make a real difference for children tomorrow;
(7) the commitment to invest in children's research should
include not only added investment that is devoted to pediatric
research but should also focus on ensuring the existence of a
future supply of pediatric physician-scientists;
(8) the supply of pediatric physician-scientists is
threatened by market demands which provide little room for
support for research training for new pediatric physician-
scientists;
(9) over 60 percent of the pediatric departments in the
United States have no National Institutes of Health training
grant support; and
(10) improvements in the level of training grant support is
essential to ensuring the existence of future generations of
pediatric clinical investigators who are responsible for moving
research discoveries from the laboratories to the patients, and
who are therefore critical to clinical research.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INITIATIVE.

Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 281
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''SEC. 404F. PEDIATRIC RESEARCH INITIATIVE.

''(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish within the
Office of the Director of NIH a Pediatric Research Initiative (referred
to in this section as the 'Initiative'). The Initiative shall be headed
by the Director of NIH.
''(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Initiative is to provide funds
to enable the Director of NIH to encourage--
''(1) increased support for pediatric biomedical research
within the National Institutes of Health to ensure that the
expanding opportunities for advancement in scientific
investigations and care for children are realized;
''(2) enhanced collaborative efforts among the Institutes
to support multidisciplinary research in the areas that the
Director deems most promising; and
''(3) the development of adequate pediatric clinical trials
and pediatric use information to promote the safer and more
effective use of prescription drugs in the pediatric
population.
''(c) Duties.--In carrying out subsection (b), the Director of NIH
shall--
''(1) consult with the Institute of Child Health and Human
Development and the other Institutes, in considering their
requests for new or expanded pediatric research efforts, and
consult with other advisors as the Director determines
appropriate;
''(2) have broad discretion in the allocation of any
Initiative assistance among the Institutes, among types of
grants, and between basic and clinical research so long as
the--
''(A) assistance is directly related to the
illnesses and conditions of children; and
''(B) assistance is extramural in nature; and
''(3) be responsible for the oversight of any newly
appropriated Initiative funds and annually report to Congress
and the public on the extent of the total extramural support
for pediatric research across the NIH, including the specific
support and research awards allocated through the Initiative.
''(d) Authorization.--To carry out this section, there is
authorized to be appropriated in the aggregate, $50,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 2000 through 2002.
''(e) Transfer of Funds.--The Director of NIH may transfer amounts
appropriated under this section to any of the Institutes for a fiscal
year to carry out the purposes of the Initiative under this section.''.

SEC. 4. INVESTMENT IN TOMORROW'S PEDIATRIC RESEARCHERS.

Subpart 7 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 285g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''SEC. 452E. INVESTMENT IN TOMORROW'S PEDIATRIC RESEARCHERS.

''(a) In General.--The Secretary shall make available within the
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development enhanced
support for extramural activities relating to the training and career
development of pediatric researchers.
''(b) Purpose.--The purpose of support provided under subsection
(a) shall be to ensure the future supply of researchers dedicated to
the care and research needs of children by providing for--
''(1) an increase in the number and size of institutional
training grants to medical school pediatric departments and
children's hospitals; and
''(2) an increase in the number of career development
awards for pediatricians building careers in pediatric basic
and clinical research.
''(c) Authorization.--To carry out this section, there is
authorized to be appropriated, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2000,
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $20,000,000 for fiscal year
2002.''.
A:
Pediatric Research Initiative Act of 1999 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to mandate establishment, in the National Institutes of Health, of a Pediatric Research Initiative. Authorizes appropriations.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available within the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development enhanced support for extramural activities relating to the training and career development of pediatric researchers. Authorizes appropriations.