COORDINATION OF NIH FUNDING FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH.

SEC. 3. COORDINATION OF NIH FUNDING FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. (a) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of the Congress that the Director of the National Institutes of Health should continue to oversee and coordinate research that is conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health for research on pediatric cancer and other pediatric diseases and conditions, including through the Pediatric Research Initiative Fund. (b) Avoiding Duplication.—Section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282(b)(7)(B)(ii)) is amended by inserting “and shall prioritize, as appropriate, such pediatric research that does not duplicate existing research activities of the National Institutes of Health” before “; and”.