,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bgb  #aafth
 ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#dgjd  ,report ,no4 #aaf-cdb  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives         
,october #af1 #bjai ,mr4 ,mc,adams 7for 
himself1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,ohio1 ,ms4  
,johnson of ,texas1 and ,mr4 ,balderson7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology       
,december #ab1 #bjai;,additional        
sponsors3 ,ms4 ,stevens1 ,mr4 ,harder of
 ,california1 ,mr4 ,trone1 ,ms4         
,sherrill1 ,ms4 ,wexton1 ,mr4 ,lamb1    
,ms4 ,kendra ,s4 ,horn of ,oklahoma1    
,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4   
,lipinski1 ,miss ,rice of ,new ,york1   
,mr4 ,panetta1 and ,mr4 ,la,malfa       
,december #ab1 #bjai ,reported with an  
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed   
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see

 copy of bill as introduced on ,october 
#af1 #bjai  ,a ,,bill  ,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           
vulnerability4  #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 ,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 on ,mental 
,health where appropriate1 shall 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 including 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 cultural 
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 ,to promote the development 
of early career researchers1 in awarding
 funds under subsection 7a7 the         
,national ,science ,foundation shall    
encourage applications submitted by     
early career researchers1 including     
doctoral students or postdoctoral       
researchers4  ,december #ab1 #bjai      
,reported with an amendment1 committed  
to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house  
on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered
 to be printed