§282a Authorization of Appropriations

Summary

Congress may provide money for carrying out this part. The amounts allowed are $30,331,309,000 for fiscal year 2007; $32,831,309,000 for fiscal year 2008; whatever is needed for fiscal year 2009; $34,851,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; $35,585,871,000 for fiscal year 2019; and $36,472,442,775 for fiscal year 2020. In addition, $12,600,000 is allowed each year for fiscal years 2024 through 2028 for the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, paid from the Pediatric Research Initiative Fund. Of the money above, the Office of the Director of NIH may get whatever sums are needed for programs in fiscal years 2007 through 2009. A Common Fund account is created for cross‑NIH research. The NIH Director must set aside part of the yearly money for that fund. That share can’t be a smaller percentage of the total than the share set aside the year before, as allowed by annual appropriations laws. The NIH must include a plan in its Strategic Plan that gives three funding estimates: the amount needed to get the most out of the research, the amount just to keep previous work going, and the extra amount needed for the highest‑priority new work. Once the reserve reaches 5% of total appropriations, the NIH must send Congress, within six months after that fiscal year ends, recommendations on Common Fund amounts. Institute and center heads had to report collaborative research spending to the NIH Director not later than 2 years after December 13, 2016, for inclusion in the triennial report; if a head fails to file the required report for the prior year, that institute’s funding for the year may not exceed its fiscal year 2006 level. The NIH Director will check reports, may waive the reporting rule for an institute if needed, and may transfer up to 1% of the total yearly appropriation among authorized programs, but may not cut any listed account by more than 1%. Nothing here changes other powers of the NIH Director under section 281.