,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjah,ms4
 ,de,lauro introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,budget  ,a ,,bill    
,to prioritize funding for the ,national
 ,institutes of ,health to discover     
treatments and cures1 to maintain global
 leadership in medical innovation1 and  
to restore the purchasing power which   
the ,national ,institutes of ,health had
 after the historic doubling campaign   
that ended in fiscal year #bjjc4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,accelerating ,biomedical ,research 
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3  7#a7 ,the ,national        
,institutes of ,health 7referred to in  
this section as the ,,nih7 is the       
leading biomedical research entity in   
the world4 ,it supports researchers in  
every ,state as they discover treatments
 and cures to prevent and reduce human  
suffering4 ,thanks in large part to     

,,nih-funded medical research1          
,americans today are healthier and      
living longer4 ,life expectancy in the  
,united ,states has jumped from #dg     
years in #aijj to #gh years in #bjji1   
and disability in people over age #fe   
has dropped dramatically in the past #c 
decades4  7#b7 ,over the past #dj years1
 ,,nih-supported research contributed to
 the discovery of over #aej ,food and   
,drug ,administration-approved new      
drugs1 new vaccines1 and new indications
 for current drugs4  7#c7 ,the          
application success rate is below       
historic averages4 ,from #aihj to #bjjc1
 the last year of the doubling1 the     
grant application success rate ranged   
between #be and #ce percent4 ,by #bjaf1 
the grant success rate had fallen to    
#ai4a percent4  7#d7 ,,nih is vital to  
the ,united ,states economy and supports
 more than #djj1jjj jobs across the     
country4  7#e7 ,economists have         
estimated the return on each dollar of  
investment in ,,nih to generate anywhere

 from #a4hj to #c4bj in economic output4
 ,the ,federal investment of #c4h       
billion in the ,human ,genome ,project  
from #aihh to #bjjc helped drive #gif   
billion in economic output1 which is a  
return of #ada for every #a invested4   
7#f7 ,the historic doubling of ,federal 
funding for the ,,nih ended in fiscal   
year #bjjc4 ,since that time1 ,,nih     
appropriations have not kept up with    
biomedical inflation4  7#g7 ,if ,,nih   
had kept up with biomedical inflation1  
,,nih's appropriation would have totaled
 #da4i billion in #bjah1 more than #d   
billion than it received4 ,to restore   
funding to the #bjjc post-doubling level
 would require ,congress to appropriate 
#de4e billion in fiscal year #bjba1 the 
final year of the ,budget ,control ,act 
of #bjaa 7,public ,law #aab-be74  7#h7  
,high health care costs from a variety  
of common conditions threaten ,federal1 
,state1 and local budgets1 as well as   
the budgets of ,american families4      
,recent estimates indicate that the     

economic costs of ,alzheimer's disease  
is over #bjj billion each year but will 
rise to over #a trillion by #bjej unless
 a prevention or cure is found4 ,in     
#bjjf1 economists found that a future #a
 percent reduction in mortality rates   
from cancer would save #ejj billion to  
current and future ,americans4 ,a cure  
for cancer was estimated to save #ej    
trillion to ,americans1 more than #c    
times the gross domestic product of the 
,united ,states in #bjab4 ,the ,centers 
for ,disease ,control and ,prevention   
reports that annual costs from          
undiagnosed diabetes was #bde billion   
each year4 ,and a recent study projects 
that by #bjcj1 nearly #dd percent of the
 ,united ,states population will face   
some form of cardiovascular disease     
costing a total of #a4b trillion between
 #bjab and #bjcj4  7#i7 ,budget cap     
adjustments are how ,congress           
traditionally prioritizes areas of      
spending that produce economic growth   
and reduce costs that contribute to the 

,federal debt4  #c4 ,cap adjustment     
,section #bea7;b77#b7 of the ,balanced  
,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control
 ,act of #aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4            
#ija7;b77#b77 is amended--  7#a7 by     
redesignating subparagraph 7,d7 as      
subparagraph 7,e72 and  7#b7 by         
inserting after subparagraph 7,c71 the  
following3  7,d7 ,national ,institutes  
of ,health  7i7 ,in general ,if a bill  
or joint resolution making              
appropriations for a fiscal year is     
enacted that specifies amounts for the  
,national ,institutes of ,health at the 
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services 7#ge-iiae-a-a-eeb71 then the  
adjustments for that fiscal year shall  
be the amount of additional new budget  
authority provided in that ,act for such
 programs for that fiscal year1 but     
shall not exceed--  7,i7 for fiscal year
 #bjai1 #e1jjj1jjj1jjj in additional new
 budget authority2  7,,ii7 for fiscal   
year #bjbj1 #g1jjj1jjj1jjj in additional
 new budget authority2 and  7,,iii7 for 

fiscal year #bjba1 #h1djj1jjj1jjj in    
additional new budget authority4  7ii7  
,definitions ,as used in this           
subparagraph3  7,i7 ,additional new     
budget authority ,the term additional   
new budget authority means the amount   
provided for a fiscal year1 in excess of
 #cg1jhd1jjj1jjj1 in an appropriation   
,act and specified to support the       
,national ,institutes of ,health4       
7,,ii7 ,national ,institutes of ,health 
,the term ,national ,institutes of      
,health means the appropriations        
accounts that support the various       
institutes1 offices1 and centers that   
make up the ,national ,institutes of    
,health4  4