,in the ,senate of the ,united ,states1 
,december #ad1 #bjbj4  ,amendment3      
,that the bill from the ,house of       
,representatives 7,h4,r4 #dgjd7 entitled
 ,an ,act to direct the ,director of the
 ,national ,science ,foundation to      
support multidisciplinary research on   
the science of suicide1 and to advance  
the knowledge and understanding of      
issues that may be associated with      
several aspects of suicide including    
intrinsic and extrinsic factors related 
to areas such as wellbeing1 resilience1 
and vulnerability41 do pass with the    
following ,strike all after the enacting
 clause and insert the following3 #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,advancing ,research to ,prevent    
,suicide ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress 
finds the following3 7#a7 ,the rate of  
,americans dying by suicide is on the   
rise1 increasing #aj4g to #ad4j deaths  
per #ajj1jjj people from #bjja to #bjag4
  7#b7 ,suicide is the tenth-leading    
cause of death among people in the      

,united ,states and the second-leading  
cause of death for young people between 
the ages of #ae and #cd4  7#c7 ,the     
,national ,science ,foundation funds    
research that is improving our basic    
understanding of factors with potential 
relevance to suicide1 including         
potential relevance to prevention and   
treatment4  7#d7 ,despite progress in   
mental health research1 current gaps    
exist in scientific understanding and   
basic knowledge of human neural1        
genetic1 cognitive1 perceptual1         
behavioral1 social1 and environmental   
factors with potential relevance to     
suicide4  #c4 ,national ,science        
,foundation research  7a7 ,in general   
,the ,director of the ,national ,science
 ,foundation1 in consultation with the  
,director of the ,national ,institutes  
of ,health and the ,director of the     
,national ,institute of ,mental ,health 
and taking into consideration           
prioritized research agendas or         
strategic plans1 as appropriate1 shall1 

subject to the availability of          
appropriations1 award grants on a       
competitive1 merit-reviewed basis to    
institutions of higher education 7or    
consortia of such institutions7 to      
support multidisciplinary1 fundamental  
research with potential relevance to    
suicide1 including potential relevance  
to prevention and treatment1 including1 
but not limited to-- 7#a7 basic         
understanding of human social behavior2 
7#b7 the neural basis of human          
cognition2  7#c7 basic understanding of 
cognitive1 linguistic1 social1 cultural1
 and biological processes related to    
human development across the lifespan2  
7#d7 basic understanding of perceptual1 
motor1 and cognitive processes1 and     
their interaction1 in typical human     
behavior2 and  7#e7 basic understanding 
of the relevance of drug and alcohol    
abuse4  7b7 ,encouraging applications   
from early career researchers ,to       
promote the development of early career 
researchers1 in awarding funds under    

subsection 7a71 the ,director of the    
,national ,science ,foundation shall    
encourage applications submitted by     
early career researchers1 including     
doctoral students or postdoctoral       
researchers4  ,secretary