S. 134

Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment Act

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One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America

2d Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four

S. 134

AN ACT

To require an annual budget estimate for the initiatives of the National Institutes of Health pursuant to reports and recommendations made under the National Alzheimer's Project Act.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment Act.

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Extension of project

Section 2 of the National Alzheimer's Project Act (42 U.S.C. 11225) is amended—

(1)

by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and

(2)

by inserting after subsection (g) the following:

(h)

Professional judgment budget

For fiscal year 2024 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall prepare and submit, directly to the President for review and transmittal to Congress, after reasonable opportunity for comment, but without change, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Advisory Council, an annual budget estimate for the initiatives of the National Institutes of Health pursuant to the reports and recommendations made under this Act, including an estimate of the number and type of personnel needs for the National Institutes of Health.

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Speaker of the House of Representatives

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate