,i #aacth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #ehbj ,,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 allocate additional funding through the ,common ,fund for research by emerging scientists4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,,yes to ,cures ,act of #bjad4 #b4 ,funding research by emerging scientists through ,common ,fund 7a7 ,use of funds ,section #djb7;b77#g77;,b7 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhb7 is amended-- 7#a7 in clause 7i71 by striking and at the end2 7#b7 by redesignating clause 7ii7 as clause 7iii72 and 7#c7 by inserting after clause 7i7 the following3 7ii7 shall1 with respect to funds reserved under section #djb;,a7c77#a77;,c7 for the ,common ,fund1 allocate such funds to the national research institutes and national centers for conducting and supporting research that is identified under subparagraph 7,a7 and is carried out by one or more emerging scientists 7as defined in section #djb;,a7c77#a77;,c77iv772 and 4 7b7 ,reservation of funds ,section #djb;,a7c77#a7 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhb;a7c77#a77 is amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating subparagraphs 7,c7 and 7,d7 as subparagraphs 7,d7 and 7,e71 respectively2 and 7#b7 by inserting after subparagraph 7,b7 the following3 7,c7 ,additional reservation for research by emerging scientists 7i7 ,inapplicability of tap for evaluation activities ,beginning with fiscal year #bjae1 funds appropriated to the ,national ,institutes of ,health shall not be subject to section #bda4 7ii7 ,reservation ,in addition to the amounts reserved for the ,common ,fund under subparagraph 7,b7 and amounts appropriated to the ,common ,fund under subsection 7a77#b71 the ,director of ,,nih shall reserve an amount for the ,common ,fund for fiscal year #bjae and each subsequent fiscal year that is equal to the amount that1 but for clause 7i71 would be made available under section #bda for evaluation activities for such fiscal year4 7iii7 ,purpose of reservation ,amounts reserved under clause 7ii7 shall be used for the purpose of carrying out section #djb7;b77#g77;,b77ii7 7relating to the conduct and support of research that is identified under section #djb;,a7b77#g77;,a7 and is carried out by one or more emerging scientists74 7iv7 ,definition ,in this subparagraph1 the term emerging scientist means an investigator who-- 7,i7 will be the principal investigator or the program director of the proposed research2 7,,ii7 has never been awarded1 or has been awarded only once1 a substantial1 competing grant by the ,national ,institutes of ,health for independent research2 and 7,,iii7 is within #ae years of having completed-- 7aa7 the investigator's terminal degree2 or 7bb7 a medical residency 7or the equivalent74 4 7c7 ,supplement1 not supplant2 prohibition against transfer ,funds reserved pursuant to section #djb;,a7c77#a77;,c7 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act1 as added by subsection 7b7-- 7#a7 shall be used to supplement1 not supplant1 the funds otherwise allocated by the ,national ,institutes of ,health for young investigators2 and 7#b7 notwithstanding any transfer authority in any appropriation ,act1 shall not be used for any purpose other than allocating funds as described in section #djb7;b77#g77;,b77ii7 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act1 as added by subsection 7a74 7d7 ,conforming amendments 7#a7 ,section #bda7;a7 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bch;j7a77 is amended by striking ,such portion and inserting ,subject to section #djb;,a7c77#a77;,c77i71 such portion4 7#b7 ,section #djb;,a7a77#b7 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act is amended-- 7,a7 by striking #djb7;b77#g77;,b77ii7 and inserting #djb7;b77#g77;,b77iii72 and 7,b7 by striking reserved under subsection 7c77#a77;,b77i7 and inserting reserved under subparagraph 7,b77i7 or 7,c77ii7 of subsection 7c77#a74 7#c7 ,section #c7;c77#b7 of the ,gabriella ,miller ,kids ,first ,research ,act 7,public ,law #aac-id7 is amended by striking #djb7;b77#g77;,b77ii7 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act1 as added by subsection 7a7 and inserting #djb7;b77#g77;,b77iii7 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act1 as added by subsection 7a7 and redesignated by section #b7;a7 of the ,,yes to ,cures ,act of #bjad4 7e7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in this ,act 7and the amendments made by this ,act7 is intended to affect the amount of funds authorized to be appropriated to the ,agency for ,healthcare ,research and ,quality4 #c4 ,report on trends in age of recipients of ,,nih-funded major research grants ,not later than six months after the date of enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of the ,national ,institutes of ,health shall submit a report to the ,congress-- 7#a7 explaining why1 over the #cj-year period preceding the enactment of this ,act-- 7,a7 there has been a substantial increase in the age of investigators receiving their first major research grant from the ,national ,institutes of ,health2 7,b7 there has been a substantial increase in the average age of all recipients of major research grants from the ,national ,institutes of ,health2 and 7,c7 there has been a dramatic drop in the number of investigators under #dj years of age receiving major research grants from the ,national ,institutes of ,health2 and 7#b7 describing-- 7,a7 the steps taken by the ,national ,institutes of ,health in recent years to address the trends identified in paragraph 7#a72 and 7,b7 the impact of taking such steps4