Abstract
IN THE SPAN OF TWO DAYS LAST week, the House Energy & Commerce Committee held a hearing to roll out draft legislation to reauthorize the National Institutes of Health and a hearing to mark up and approve the bipartisan bill. The NIH Reform Act of 2006, if enacted, would be the first time NIH has been reauthorized in 13 years. The bill would cap the number of institutes and centers at its current number of 27 and set up an advisory board to review and suggest changes to the agency's structural organization. Today we're going to do something historic, said committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-Texas) during the markup hearing. The reauthorization of NIH has been a priority of Barton's since he became chairman three years ago. This bill builds on past draft bills and has widespread congressional, agency, and stakeholder support. The bill would authorize a 5% increase of the NIH budget ...
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