of fund There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund to be known as the Antibiotics Prize Fund , which shall consist of funds transferred under subsection (b). (b) Amounts credited to the fund There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, and appropriated, to the Antibiotics Prize Fund, for fiscal year 2018, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,000,000,000. Such funds shall remain available until expended. (c) Awards (1) In general During the 10-year period following the date of enactment of the Improving Access To Affordable Prescription Drugs Act , the Director of the NIH, in accordance with the criteria under subsection (d) and the goals under subsection (e), shall award— (A) up to 3 prizes for qualifying products that provide added benefit for patients over existing therapies in the treatment of serious and life-threatening bacterial infections demonstrating in superiority trials