Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Medical Research Protection Act of 2013”.
Medical Research Protection Act of 2013
A BILL
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the National Institutes of Health from sequestration under section 251A for fiscal year 2013, and to reduce the sequestration by the amount of the exemption.
Sec. 2 NIH exemption from section 251A sequestration for FY 2013
Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(12) NIH exemption—No sequestration ordered by the President under this section for fiscal year 2013 shall apply to the National Institutes of Health (75–9915–0–1–552).”
Sec. 3 Reduction in section 251A sequestration for FY 2013 by the amount of the NIH exemption
Section 251A(3) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting “; and” at the end of subparagraph (E), and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(F) for fiscal year 2013, further reducing the amount calculated under subparagraphs (A) through (D) by the amount that the National Institutes of Health would have been reduced if it were not exempt from sequestration.”