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Protecting Medical Research Funding Act
To limit the impoundment, transfer, or reprogramming of Federal funds made available for the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would limit the executive branch's ability to impound, transfer, or reprogram discretionary appropriations made to the National Institutes of Health. Currently, the Impoundment Control Act allows some flexibility in how agencies use appropriated funds. The bill would require that any changes to NIH funding require new statutory authority enacted by Congress with specific reference to this Act. The Secretary of Health and Human Services would be required to certify compliance with this requirement within 30 days of the bill's enactment and annually thereafter. Congress would receive reports on whether the NIH and HHS are complying with these restrictions on fund management.
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- Apr 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Apr 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 10, 2025
Mr. Kennedy of New York (for himself and Ms. Williams of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To limit the impoundment, transfer, or reprogramming of Federal funds made available for the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Medical Research Funding Act”.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON DEFERRAL OR TRANSFER OF FEDERAL FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE FOR NIH.
(a) Limitation.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, discretionary appropriations made available for the National Institutes of Health may not be impounded, transferred, or reprogrammed unless specific statutory authority is enacted into law after the date of the enactment of this Act, with express reference to this Act, permitting such an impoundment, transfer, or reprogramming.
(b) Certification of Compliance.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall certify, to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate, that the Secretary and the Director of the National Institutes of Health is in compliance with the requirements of this Act. <all>
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