What This Bill Does
This bill sets a spending limit for one part of the federal government. The National Institutes of Health Office of the Director cannot receive more than a specific amount of money in fiscal year 2024 (the federal government's budget year from October 2023 to September 2024).
Who It Affects
The Department of Health and Human Services, specifically the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director.
Key Provisions
• The National Institutes of Health Office of the Director's available funding for fiscal year 2024 cannot exceed $1,909,075,000 (Sec. 1).
What Changes
If this bill becomes law, the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director would be limited to spending no more than $1,909,075,000 in fiscal year 2024, regardless of what other laws allow.
Important Definitions
None defined.
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1999
To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for Department of Health
and Human Services, National Institutes of Health Office of the Director
for fiscal year 2024.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 29, 2023
Mr. BIGGS (for himself, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. GOOD of Virginia,
Mr. ROY, and Mr. CRANE) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To provide for a limitation on availability of funds for De-
partment of Health and Human Services, National Insti-
tutes of Health Office of the Director for fiscal year
2024.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV-
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ICES, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH OF-
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FICE OF THE DIRECTOR FOR FISCAL YEAR
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2024.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of the law,
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amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise avail-
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able for Department of Health and Human Services, Na-
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tional Institutes of Health Office of the Director for fiscal
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year 2024 may not exceed $1,909,075,000.
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