,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #ad1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,mc,dermott 7for himself and ,mr4  
,higgins7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,budget  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the  
,balanced ,budget and ,emergency        
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe to      
exempt the ,national ,institutes of     
,health from sequestration under section
 #bea;,a for fiscal year #bjac1 and to  
reduce the sequestration by the amount  
of the exemption4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,medical 
,research ,protection ,act of #bjac4    
#b4 ,,nih exemption from section #bea;,a
 sequestration for ,,fy #bjac ,section  
#bea;,a of the ,balanced ,budget and    
,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of    
#aihe is amended by adding at the end   
the following new paragraph3  7#ab7     
,,nih exemption ,no sequestration       
ordered by the ,president under this    
section for fiscal year #bjac shall     

apply to the ,national ,institutes of   
,health 7#ge-iiae-j-a-eeb74  4  #c4     
,reduction in section #bea;,a           
sequestration for ,,fy #bjac by the     
amount of the ,,nih exemption ,section  
#bea;,a7#c7 of the ,balanced ,budget and
 ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of   
#aihe is amended by striking and at the 
end of subparagraph 7,d71 by striking   
the period and inserting 2 and at the   
end of subparagraph 7,e71 and by adding 
at the end the following new            
subparagraph3  7,f7 for fiscal year     
#bjac1 further reducing the amount      
calculated under subparagraphs 7,a7     
through 7,d7 by the amount that the     
,national ,institutes of ,health would  
have been reduced if it were not exempt 
from sequestration4  4