Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act (H.R. 2019; 113th Congress)
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| Full title | To eliminate taxpayer financing of presidential campaigns and party conventions and reprogram savings to provide for a 10-year pediatric research initiative through the Common Fund administered by the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes. |
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| Introduced in | 113th United States Congress |
| Introduced on | May 16, 2013 |
| Sponsored by | Rep. Gregg Harper (R, MS-3) |
| Number of co-sponsors | 152 |
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| Public Law | Pub.L. 113–94 |
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| Act(s) affected | Public Health Service Act, Internal Revenue Code of 1986 |
| U.S.C. section(s) affected | 42 U.S.C. § 282 |
| Agencies affected | National Institutes of Health |
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The Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act (H.R. 2019; Pub.L. 113–94) is a law that ended taxpayer contributions to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund and authorized a pediatric research initiative through the National Institutes of Health. The total funding for research would come to $126 million over 10 years. At the time of its passage, national conventions drew about 23% of their funding from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.
It became law during the 113th United States Congress.
Gabriella Miller was a girl who died of cancer on October 26, 2013 at the age of 10. While she was ill, she worked as an activist to raise support for research into childhood illnesses like cancer. Through her activism, she "raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and helped launch the Smashing Walnuts Foundation to fund pediatric cancer research." In "The Truth 365" documentary, Miller answered a question that what she'd like to tell American leaders about research on pediatric cancer was that there needed to be "less talking, more doing... We need action." House Majority Leader Eric Cantor saw this video and decided to name the bill in her honor.
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source.
The Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act would amend the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the entitlement of any major or minor political party to a payment from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund for a presidential nominating convention. The bill transfers funds in each account maintained for the national committee of a party to a 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund, making them available only for allocation to national research institutes and national centers through the Common Fund for making grants for pediatric research under this Act.
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