1. RDLA's July Legislative Webinar
7/19/16
Sara Chang, Director, Policy and Advocacy

2. Research!America’s Mission
Johns Hopkins University
Research!America’s Mission
making research to improve health a higher national priority
the nation’s largest not for profit education and advocacy alliance working to accelerate medical progress and strengthen
our nation’s public health system
Research!America is an innovator in advocacy for research

3. Appropriations Asks - FY18
Our Asks:
$2B increase for NIH
$2.8B for FDA
Appropriators release the targeted FY18 Innovation fund dollars for NIH ($496) and FDA ($60M) included in the 21st Cures Act
We request a $2 billion increase in the annual discretionary funding for the National Institutes of Health in the FY 2018 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Act; $2.8 billion for the Food and Drug Administration in the FY2018 Agriculture Appropriations Act; and, that appropriators release the targeted FY18 Innovation fund dollars for NIH and FDA included in the 21st Cures Act.

4. Why NIH and FDA
NIH
World’s largest public funder of biomedical research, investing funding appropriated by Congress to enhance life, reduce illness and disability
FDA
Responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food and drug products
The FDA’s responsibilities have far-reaching impacts on every American, and supporting this critical agency is necessary to keep Americans safe and healthy.

5. FY18 LHHS Appropriations Status
July 12, 2017: The House Labor-HHS-Education appropriations subcommittee releases a draft of FY2018 funding bill. July 13, 2017: The bill was marked up in the subcommittee and passed on party lines. July 19, 2017: The full appropriations committee markup is today. Senate: TBD
The bill, which caps spending at $156 billion, reflects a $5 billion cut from current levels
Full House must still consider

6. Increase of $1.1 billion (~3%) over FY17 omnibus funding levels
FY18 NIH Appropriations
Provides $35.2 billion in program-level funding
Increase of $1.1 billion (~3%) over FY17 omnibus funding levels
Increase is inclusive of $496 million in funding from 21st Century Cures
Effective (inflation adjusted) funding level is comparable to FY2010 levels

7. NIH Appropriations
Budget authority ($millions)

8. NIH Appropriations
Budget authority ($millions)

9. FY18 FDA Appropriations FDA total budget= budget authority+ user fees
Provides $2.8 billion in budget authority,
and $2.4 billion from industry-paid user fees
Increase is inclusive of $60 million in new funding from 21st Century Cures
User fees accounted for ~46% of overall funding in FY18
New user fee agreements in progress now
As you heard from Ryan, quick over view of FDA Appropriations

10. FDA Appropriations
Budget authority ($millions)

11. FDA Appropriations
Budget authority ($millions)

12. Johns Hopkins University
Thank You!
Sara Chang
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