,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehai  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #i1 #bjad  
,mr4 ,harris introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,iv of the     
,public ,health ,service ,act to ensure 
that scientists are being funded at the 
age when they are most likely to make   
breakthroughs4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,funding       
,scientists at the ,peak ,age of        
,discovery ,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,funding 
scientists at peak age of discovery     
,part ,a of title ,,iv of the ,public   
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bhc et seq47 is amended by adding at   
the end the following3  #djd,m4 ,funding
 scientists at peak age of discovery    
7a7 ,in general ,the ,director of ,,nih 
shall ensure that the median age of     
first-time researchers receiving grants 
in the ,r series from the institutes1   
centers1 and offices of the ,national   

,institutes of ,health--  7#a7 by       
,january #a1 #bjai1 is under #dj years  
of age2  7#b7 by ,january #a1 #bjbb1 is 
under #ci years of age2 and  7#c7 by    
,january #a1 #bjbe1 is under #ch years  
of age4  7b7 ,exceptions ,subsection 7a7
 does not apply with respect to grants  
in the ,r series which are determined by
 the head of the respective institute1  
center1 or office to be within any of   
the following categories3  7#a7 ,small  
business innovation research4  7#b7     
,small business technology transfer4    
7#c7 ,clinical trial planning4  7c7     
,definition ,in this section3  7#a7 ,the
 term first-time researcher means a     
researcher who has not previously served
 as the principal investigator for a    
research project supported by the       
,national ,institutes of ,health through
 a grant in the ,r series4  7#b7 ,the   
term ,r series refers the category of   
grants that are designated by the       
,national ,institutes of ,health to be  
covered by--  7,a7 the activity code    

relating to research projects 7as such  
activity code is in effect on the date  
of enactment of this section72 or  7,b7 
any successor activity code4  4