SPRINT Act

Suicide Prevention Research INnovaTion Act or the SPRINT Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health to use funds made available by this Act exclusively for the purpose of conducting and supporting: (1) research on the determinants of self-directed and other violence associated with mental illness, including studies designed to reduce the risk of self-harm, suicide, and interpersonal violence, especially in rural communities with a shortage of mental health services; and (2) brain research through the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4075 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4075

   To provide funding to the National Institute of Mental Health to 
 support suicide prevention and brain research, including funding for 
   the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies 
                          (BRAIN) Initiative.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2014

  Mr. Barber introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide funding to the National Institute of Mental Health to 
 support suicide prevention and brain research, including funding for 
   the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies 
                          (BRAIN) Initiative.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Suicide Prevention Research 
INnovaTion Act'' or the ``SPRINT Act''.

SEC. 2. SUICIDE PREVENTION AND BRAIN RESEARCH.

    Subpart 16 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 285p et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 464U-1. SUICIDE PREVENTION AND BRAIN RESEARCH.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director of the National Institute of Mental 
Health shall use the funds made available to such Institute pursuant to 
subsection (b) exclusively for the purpose of conducting and 
supporting--
            ``(1) research on the determinants of self-directed and 
        other violence associated with mental illness, including 
        studies designed to reduce the risk of self-harm, suicide, and 
        interpersonal violence, especially in rural communities with a 
        shortage of mental health services; and
            ``(2) brain research through the Brain Research Through 
        Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to amounts 
otherwise made available to the National Institute of Mental Health, 
including amounts appropriated pursuant to section 402A(a), there are 
authorized to be appropriated to such Institute $40,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2015 through 2019 to carry out this section.''.
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