S.Amdt. 4512

SA 4512. Mr. KIRK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. IMPROVING MEDICAL REHABILITATION RESEARCH AT THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

(a) In General.--Section 452 of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 285g-4) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ``conduct and support''
and inserting ``conduct, support, and coordination'';
(2) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking ``of the Center''
and inserting ``within the Center'';
(3) in subsection (d)--
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) The Director of the Center, in consultation with the
Director of the Institute, the coordinating committee
established under subsection (e), and the advisory board
established under subsection (f), shall develop a
comprehensive plan (referred to in this section as the
`Research Plan') for the conduct, support, and coordination
of medical rehabilitation research.'';
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; and'' and
inserting a semicolon;
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and
inserting ``; and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) include goals and objectives for conducting,
supporting, and coordinating medical rehabilitation research,
consistent with the purpose described in subsection (b).'';
(C) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
``(4) The Director of the Center, in consultation with the
Director of the Institute, the coordinating committee
established under subsection (e), and the advisory board
established under subsection (f), shall revise and update the
Research Plan periodically, as appropriate, or not less than
every 5 years. Not later than 30 days after the Research Plan
is so revised and updated, the Director of the Center shall
transmit the revised and updated Research Plan to the
President, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and
Commerce of the House of Representatives.''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(5) The Director of the Center, in consultation with the
Director of the Institute, shall, prior to revising and
updating the Research Plan, prepare a report for the
coordinating committee established under subsection (e) and
the advisory board established under subsection (f) that
describes and

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analyzes the progress during the preceding fiscal year in
achieving the goals and objectives described in paragraph
(2)(C) and includes expenditures for rehabilitation research
at the National Institutes of Health. The report shall
include recommendations for revising and updating the
Research Plan, and such initiatives as the Director of the
Center and the Director of the Institute determine
appropriate. In preparing the report, the Director of the
Center and the Director of the Institute shall consult with
the Director of NIH.'';
(4) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``periodically host a
scientific conference or workshop on medical rehabilitation
research and'' after ``The Coordinating Committee shall'';
and
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``the Director of the
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic
Initiatives within the Office of the Director of NIH,'' after
``shall be composed of'';
(5) in subsection (f)(3)(B)--
(A) by redesignating clauses (ix) through (xi) as clauses
(x) through (xii), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after clause (viii) the following:
``(ix) The Director of the Division of Program
Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives.''; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
``(g)(1) The Secretary and the heads of other Federal
agencies shall jointly review the programs carried out (or
proposed to be carried out) by each such official with
respect to medical rehabilitation research and, as
appropriate, enter into agreements preventing duplication
among such programs.
``(2) The Secretary shall, as appropriate, enter into
interagency agreements relating to the coordination of
medical rehabilitation research conducted by agencies of the
National Institutes of Health and other agencies of the
Federal Government.
``(h) For purposes of this section, the term `medical
rehabilitation research' means the science of mechanisms and
interventions that prevent, improve, restore, or replace
lost, underdeveloped, or deteriorating function.''.
(b) Requirements of Certain Agreements for Enhancing
Coordination and Preventing Duplicative Programs of Medical
Rehabilitation Research.--Section 3 of the National
Institutes of Health Amendments of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 285g-4
note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a) In General.--'';
and
(2) by striking subsection (b).
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