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The bill boosts federal investment in biomedical research, sustaining jobs, local economic activity, patient health advances, and national health security, but requires higher federal spending and risks concentrating funding within established research institutions.
Scientists, research staff, and local communities nationwide retain and gain NIH-funded jobs and economic activity — sustaining over 300,000 non-federal research and technical positions and supporting roughly $93 billion in research-driven economic activity (FY2023).
Patients and the health care system benefit from continued NIH-led research that advances prevention strategies, treatments, and responses to major diseases and emerging infectious threats.
The public and taxpayers gain stronger domestic health security and reduced reliance on foreign competitors for critical therapies and technologies through sustained federal research investment.
Taxpayers may face higher federal spending or budget trade-offs as NIH funding increases, potentially raising costs or diverting funds from other priorities.
Concentrating additional funding through NIH priorities may favor established institutions and limit resources or opportunities for small businesses and alternative/private-sector research pathways.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Makes formal findings that NIH-funded medical research drives lifesaving discoveries, economic growth, jobs, and national health security.
Introduced September 15, 2025 by André Carson · Last progress September 15, 2025
Declares that medical research and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have produced lifesaving discoveries, improved health outcomes, created jobs, trained scientists, and driven economic growth; it emphasizes the NIH’s central role in preventing and treating major diseases and responding to emerging infectious threats. The resolution highlights FY2023 data on NIH-funded research showing large economic activity and job creation, and stresses that sustained domestic research investment supports national health security and U.S. scientific leadership.