US Congress House Bill 2421 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on May 19 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase accountability at the National Institutes of Health. This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to appoint the directors of the national research institutes and national centers (excluding the National Cancer Institute) instead of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Directors appointed by the Director of NIH have five-year terms. This bill amends the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 to remove a provision that makes appropriations available for compensation of consultants or individual scientists appointed for limited periods of time to the Public Health Service. Before a national research institute or national center awards a grant for a research project (R-series grant) the director of the institute or center must review and approve the award, taking into consideration the mission and priorities of the institute or center and whether other agencies are funding projects to accomplish the same goal. HHS must enter an arrangement with the National Academy of Medicine (formerly known as the Institute of Medicine) under which a study is completed on the extent to which federally funded biomedical research is duplicative and recommendations are made on preventing such duplication.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase accountability at the National Institutes of Health.

Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-05-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-05-19	House	Introduced in House

HB6 (Related) 2015-07-13 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2421/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2421/BILLS-114hr2421ih.pdf