,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djge  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #be1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,barber introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to provide funding to the      
,national ,institute of ,mental ,health 
to support suicide prevention and brain 
research1 including funding for the     
,brain ,research ,through ,advancing    
,innovative ,neurotechnologies 7,,brain7
 ,initiative4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,suicide       
,prevention ,research ,i,nnova,tion ,act
 or the ,,sprint ,act4  #b4 ,suicide    
prevention and brain research ,subpart  
#af of part ,c of title ,,iv of the     
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bhep et seq47 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3        
#dfd,u-#a4 ,suicide prevention and brain
 research  7a7 ,in general ,the         
,director of the ,national ,institute of
 ,mental ,health shall use the funds    

made available to such ,institute       
pursuant to subsection 7b7 exclusively  
for the purpose of conducting and       
supporting--  7#a7 research on the      
determinants of self-directed and other 
violence associated with mental illness1
 including studies designed to reduce   
the risk of self-harm1 suicide1 and     
interpersonal violence1 especially in   
rural communities with a shortage of    
mental health services2 and  7#b7 brain 
research through the ,brain ,research   
,through ,advancing ,innovative         
,neurotechnologies 7,,brain7            
,initiative4  7b7 ,authorization of     
appropriations ,in addition to amounts  
otherwise made available to the         
,national ,institute of ,mental ,health1
 including amounts appropriated pursuant
 to section #djb;,a7a71 there are       
authorized to be appropriated to such   
,institute #dj1jjj1jjj for each of      
fiscal years #bjae through #bjai to     
carry out this section4  4