H-8468

   Amend Senate File 2480, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   <Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.196  Pediatric cancer research —— appropriation.
   For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and for each fiscal year thereafter, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents an amount equal to one dollar per resident of the state on July 1 of the same fiscal year, based on the most recent annual population estimate issued by the United States census bureau, not to exceed three million dollars per fiscal year, to be used for pediatric cancer research including but not limited to laboratory research and clinical trials at the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics. Moneys appropriated under this section shall not be used for administrative or overhead costs, or activities not directly related to pediatric cancer research. The state board of regents shall submit an annual report to the governor and the general assembly by October 1 detailing how the appropriated moneys were used in the immediately preceding fiscal year.>
   2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and inserting <An Act providing a standing appropriation to the state board of regents for pediatric cancer research at the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics.>

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R. JOHNSON of Polk