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handle is hein.crs/crsmthzzafl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: k ~ Congressional Research Service ft to r r g th Vgi iativ~ deban since 1914 March 13, 2018 Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Funding for FY2016 and FY2017 Members of Congress are frequently lobbied to support adding funding to annual defense appropriation legislation for certain congressional special-interest medical research programs on a wide variety of diseases and topics. When meeting with representatives of various organizations, Members frequently wish to know previously enacted levels for such funding under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). CDMRP Administration and Funding The CDMRP is overseen by an office within the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) that administers these programs through awarding and managing competitive grants. Congress funds these programs in annual Department of Defense (DOD) appropriation legislation. Funding for these programs is not requested within the President's budget. It is usually specified in congressional documents accompanying the annual defense appropriation act, such as conference reports or explanatory statements. Table 1 lists CDMRP funding amounts and purposes as reflected in FY2016 and FY2017 appropriation legislation. For FY2017, the CDMRP funding amounts were specified by the Explanatory Statement to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (P.L. 115-31), and were included in the Defense Health Program account under Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E). For FY2016, these amounts were specified in the Joint Explanatory Statement to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L. 114-113), and were included in the Defense Health Program account under RDT&E. CDMRP Funding Requests Members may request funding for medical research during the annual defense appropriations process. The appropriations committees typically send Members a memorandum with instructions on how to submit such requests. Both House and Senate committee reports may specify associated funding levels. The conference committee resolves differences. The medical research programs funded are not static. Funding may be provided for conditions not funded in previous years. For example, funding for tick-borne disease and trauma clinical research was provided in FY2016 and FY2017, but no associated funds were provided in FY2015. Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program The program with the largest funding listed in Table 1 is the Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP). PRMRP funding supports grants for medical research on a number of specified eligible conditions. The annual list of eligible conditions typically includes a few changes from year to year as medical research priorities shift. For example, bum pit exposure was listed as eligible in FY2017 but not in FY2016. Nevertheless, an investigator interested in burn pit exposure related research could have submitted FY2016 grant applications for related eligible topics such as respiratory health, constrictive bronchiolitis, and pulmonary fibrosis. Table I. CDMRP Funding, FY2016-FY2017 (in millions of dollars) Program Title Alcohol and Substance Abuse Research Program Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program Autism Research Program Bone Marrow Failure Research Program Breast Cancer Research Program Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program Epilepsy Research Program Gulf War Illness Research Program Joint Warfighter Medical Research Program Lung Cancer Research Program Military Burn Research Program Multiple Sclerosis Research Program Neurofibromatosis Research Program FY20 16 4.0 7.5 7.5 3.0 120.0 3.2 7.5 20.0 50.0 12.0 8.0 6.0 15.0 FY20 17 4.0 7.5 7.5 3.0 120.0 3.2 7.5 20.0 50.0 12.0 8.0 6.0 15.0 Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research 10.0 10.0 Program Ovarian Cancer Research Program 20.0 20.0 Parkinson's Research Program' 16.0 16.0 Peer Reviewed Alzheimer's Research 15.0 15.0 Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program 50.0 60.0 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program 278.7 300.0 Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program 30.0 30.0 Prostate Cancer Research Program 80.0 90.0 Spinal Cord Injury Research Program 30.0 30.0 Tick-Borne Disease Research Program 5.0 5.0 Trauma Clinical Research Program 10.0 10.0 Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program 6.0 6.0 Vision Research Program 10.0 15.0 Source: CDMRP Research Funding for 2017 and CDMRP Research Funding for 2016. a. The Parkinson's Research Program was formerly known as the Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Parkinson's Research Program. www.crs.gov i 7-570 0

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