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Eshoo introduces biomedical research funding bill

April 8, 2014 1:26 AM UTC

Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives a bill that would create a mandatory trust fund for biomedical research to increase funding for NIH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense Health Program (DHP) and the medical and prosthetics research program at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill would set fiscal year funding for these agencies and programs at 105% over the prior fiscal year, with an adjustment for GDP-indexed inflation. The bill, H.R. 4384, was referred to four house committees. ...