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On the recordApril 30, 2019
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1250 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``American Cures Act''. SEC. 2. CAP ADJUSTMENT. (a) In General.--Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C), the following: ``(D) Biomedical research.-- ``(i) National institutes of health.--If a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for a fiscal year is enacted that specifies amounts for the National Institutes of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services, then the adjustments for that fiscal year shall be the amount of additional new budget authority provided in that Act for such programs for that fiscal year, but shall not exceed-- ``(I) for fiscal year 2020, $2,737,000,000 in additional new budget authority; ``(II) for fiscal year 2021, $5,666,000,000 in additional new budget authority; ``(III) for fiscal year 2022, $8,800,000,000 in additional new budget authority; ``(IV) for fiscal year 2023, $12,153,000,000 in additional new budget authority; and ``(V) for fiscal year 2024,…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Apr 30, 2019

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