This Act may be cited as the Protecting Medical Research Funding Act.

(a) Limitation Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, discretionary appropriations made available for the National Institutes of Health may not be impounded, transferred, or reprogrammed unless specific statutory authority is enacted into law after the date of the enactment of this Act, with express reference to this Act, permitting such an impoundment, transfer, or reprogramming. (b) Certification of compliance Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall certify, to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate, that the Secretary and the Director of the National Institutes of Health is in compliance with the requirements of this Act.