,,ii #aagth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #ifb ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,march #bd1 #bjba,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 and ,ms4 ,klobuchar7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,appropriations ,a ,,bill ,to prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,american ,cures ,act4 #b4 ,appropriations for ,innovation 7a7 ,in general ,there are hereby authorized to be appropriated1 and appropriated1 out of any monies in the ,treasury not otherwise appropriated1 the following3 7#a7 ,national ,institutes of ,health ,for the ,national ,institutes of ,health at the ,department of ,health and ,human ,services-- 7,a7 for fiscal year #bjbb1 #de1ijc1jjj1jjj2 7,b7 for fiscal year #bjbc1 #di1aaf1jjj1jjj2 7,c7 for fiscal year #bjbd1 #eb1eed1jjj1jjj2 7,d7 for fiscal year #bjbe1 #ef1bcc1jjj1jjj2 7,e7 for fiscal year #bjbf1 #fj1afi1jjj1jjj2 7,f7 for fiscal year #bjbg1 #fd1chj1jjj1jjj2 7,g7 for fiscal year #bjbh1 #fh1hij1jjj1jjj2 7,h7 for fiscal year #bjbi1 #gc1gaj1jjj1jjj2 7,i7 for fiscal year #bjcj1 #gh1hgj1jjj1jjj2 7,j7 for fiscal year #bjca1 #hd1cij1jjj1jjj2 and 7,k7 for fiscal year #bjcb and each fiscal year thereafter1 the amount appropriated under this paragraph for the previous fiscal year1 increased by the percentage increase 7if any71 during the previous fiscal year1 in the ,consumer ,price ,index for all urban consumers published by the ,bureau of ,labor ,statistics4 7#b7 ,centers for ,disease ,control and ,prevention ,for the ,centers for ,disease ,control and ,prevention at the ,department of ,health and ,human ,services-- 7,a7 for fiscal year #bjbb1 #h1dec1jjj1jjj2 7,b7 for fiscal year #bjbc1 #i1jdd1jjj1jjj2 7,c7 for fiscal year #bjbd1 #i1ffg1jjj1jjj2 7,d7 for fiscal year #bjbe1 #aj1ced1jjj1jjj2 7,e7 for fiscal year #bjbf1 #aa1jgi1jjj1jjj2 7,f7 for fiscal year #bjbg1 #aa1hej1jjj1jjj2 7,g7 for fiscal year #bjbh1 #ab1fhj1jjj1jjj2 7,h7 for fiscal year #bjbi1 #ac1egj1jjj1jjj2 7,i7 for fiscal year #bjcj1 #ad1ebj1jjj1jjj2 7,j7 for fiscal year #bjca1 #ae1edj1jjj1jjj2 and 7,k7 for fiscal year #bjcb and each fiscal year thereafter1 the amount appropriated under this paragraph for the previous fiscal year1 increased by the percentage increase 7if any71 during the previous fiscal year1 in the ,consumer ,price ,index for all urban consumers published by the ,bureau of ,labor ,statistics4 7#c7 ,research1 development1 test1 and evaluation program of the ,department of ,defense health program ,for the research1 development1 test1 and evaluation program of the ,department of ,defense health program-- 7,a7 for fiscal year #bjbb1 #b1hij1jjj1jjj2 7,b7 for fiscal year #bjbc1 #c1jij1jjj1jjj2 7,c7 for fiscal year #bjbd1 #c1caj1jjj1jjj2 7,d7 for fiscal year #bjbe1 #c1edj1jjj1jjj2 7,e7 for fiscal year #bjbf1 #c1gij1jjj1jjj2 7,f7 for fiscal year #bjbg1 #d1jfj1jjj1jjj2 7,g7 for fiscal year #bjbh1 #d1cdj1jjj1jjj2 7,h7 for fiscal year #bjbi1 #d1fdj1jjj1jjj2 7,i7 for fiscal year #bjcj1 #d1igj1jjj1jjj2 7,j7 for fiscal year #bjca1 #e1cbj1jjj1jjj2 and 7,k7 for fiscal year #bjcb and each fiscal year thereafter1 the amount appropriated under this paragraph for the previous fiscal year1 increased by the percentage increase 7if any71 during the previous fiscal year1 in the ,consumer ,price ,index for all urban consumers published by the ,bureau of ,labor ,statistics4 7#d7 ,medical and prosthetics research program of the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs ,for the medical and prosthetics research program of the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs-- 7,a7 for fiscal year #bjbb1 #hgb1jjj1jjj2 7,b7 for fiscal year #bjbc1 #icc1jjj1jjj2 7,c7 for fiscal year #bjbd1 #iih1jjj1jjj2 7,d7 for fiscal year #bjbe1 #a1jgj1jjj1jjj2 7,e7 for fiscal year #bjbf1 #a1adj1jjj1jjj2 7,f7 for fiscal year #bjbg1 #a1bbj1jjj1jjj2 7,g7 for fiscal year #bjbh1 #a1caj1jjj1jjj2 7,h7 for fiscal year #bjbi1 #a1djj1jjj1jjj2 7,i7 for fiscal year #bjcj1 #a1ejj1jjj1jjj2 7,j7 for fiscal year #bjca1 #a1fjj1jjj1jjj2 and 7,k7 for fiscal year #bjcb and each fiscal year thereafter1 the amount appropriated under this paragraph for the previous fiscal year1 increased by the percentage increase 7if any71 during the previous fiscal year1 in the ,consumer ,price ,index for all urban consumers published by the ,bureau of ,labor ,statistics4 7b7 ,availability ,amounts appropriated under subsection 7a7 shall remain available until expended4 7c7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,centers for ,disease ,control and ,prevention ,the term ,centers for ,disease ,control and ,prevention means the appropriations accounts that support the various institutes1 offices1 and centers that make up the ,centers for ,disease ,control and ,prevention4 7#b7 ,research1 development1 test1 and evaluation program of the ,department of ,defense health program ,the term research1 development1 test1 and evaluation program of the ,department of ,defense health program means the appropriations accounts that support the various institutes1 offices1 and centers that make up the research1 development1 test1 and evaluation program of the ,department of ,defense health program4 7#c7 ,medical and prosthetics research program of the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs ,the term medical and prosthetics research program of the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs means the appropriations accounts that support the various institutes1 offices1 and centers that make up the medical and prosthetics research program of the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs4 7#d7 ,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 7d7 ,exemption of certain appropriations from sequestration 7#a7 ,in general ,section #bee7;g77#a77;,a7 of the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ije7;g77#a77;,a77 is amended by inserting after ,advances to the ,unemployment ,trust ,fund and ,other ,funds 7#af-jcbg-j-a-fjj74 the following3 ,appropriations under the ,american ,cures ,act4 4 7#b7 ,applicability ,the amendment made by this section shall apply to any sequestration order issued under the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ijj et seq47 on or after the date of enactment of this ,act4 7e7 ,budgetary effects 7#a7 ,statutory paygo scorecards ,the budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered on either ,,paygo scorecard maintained pursuant to section #d7;d7 of the ,statutory ,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of #bjaj 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #icc7;d774 7#b7 ,senate paygo scorecards ,the budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered on any ,,paygo scorecard maintained for purposes of section #dajf of ,h4 ,con4 ,res4 #ga 7#aaeth ,congress74