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Next Generation Researchers Act

Introduced: September 9, 2015 Introduced by: Baldwin, Tammy Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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Apr 4, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 410.
Apr 4, 2016
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Feb 9, 2016
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Sep 9, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 9, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Next Generation Researchers Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Next Generation of Researchers Initiative in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to promote, provide, and improve opportunities for new researchers and earlier research independence. The initiative must: (1) coordinate with agencies, academic institutions, and others to improve and update existing information on the biomedical research workforce, and (2) take into consideration the recommendations of the National Academies of Sciences regarding the next generation of researchers and report on actions taken based on those recommendations.

(Sec. 3) The bill revises loan repayment programs for health professionals conducting research to increase the maximum repayment amount and to give the NIH the authority to expand eligibility for the programs based on workforce and scientific priorities.

The Government Accountability Office must report on NIH efforts to attract, retain, and develop emerging scientists.

What's happening now April 4, 2016

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 410.

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