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 107 STAT. 138 PUBLIC LAW 103-43—JUNE 10, 1993 "(D) assist in monitoring compliance with section 492B regarding the inclusion of women in clinical research. Reports. "(5)(A) 'Hie Advisory Committee shall prepare a biennial report describing the activities of the Committee, including findings made by the Committee regarding— "(i) compliance with section 492B; "(ii) the extent of expenditures made for research on women's health by the agencies of the National Institutes of Health; and "(iii) the level of funding needed for such research. "(B) The report required in subparagraph (A) shall be submitted to the Director of NIH for inclusion in the report required in section 403. "(e) REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN AMONG RESEARCHERS.—The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Personnel and in collaboration with the Director of the Office, shall determine the extent to which women are represented among senior physicians and scientists of the national research institutes and among physicians and scientists conducting research with funds provided by such institutes, and as appropriate, carry out activities to increase the extent of such representation. " (f) DEFINITIONS.— For purposes of this part: "(1) The term 'women's health conditions', with respect to women of all age, ethnic, and racial groups, means all diseases, disorders, and conditions (including with respect to mental health)— "(A) unique to, more serious, or more prevalent in women; "(B) for which the factors of medical risk or t3rpes of medical intervention are different for women, or for which it is unknown whether such factors or types are different for women; or "(C) with respect to which there has been insufficient clinical research involving women as subjects or insufficient clinical data on women. "(2) The term 'research on women's health' means research on women's health conditions, including research on preventing such conditions. 42 USC 287d-l. "SEC. 486A. NATIONAL DATA SYSTEM AND CLEARINGHOUSE ON RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S HEALTH. "(a) DATA SYSTEM.— "(1) The Director of NIH, in consultation with the Director of the Office and the Director of the National Library of Medicine, shall establish a data system for the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and dissemination of information regarding research on women's health that is conducted or supported Public by the national research institutes. Information from the data information. System shall be available through information systems available to health care professionals and providers, researchers, and members of the public. "(2) The data system established under paragraph (1) shall include a registry of clinical trials of experimental treatments that have been developed for research on women's health. Such registry shall include information on subject eligibility criteria, sex, age, ethnicity or race, and the location of the trial site or sites. Principal investigators of such clinical trials shall

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