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 PUBLIC LAW 103-43—JUNE 10, 1993 107 STAT. 145 "(g)(1)(A) In the case of entities described in subparagraph (B), the Director of NIH, acting through the Director of the National Center for Research Resources, shall establish a program to enhance the competitiveness of such entities in obtaining funds from the national research institutes for conducting biomedical and behavioral research. "(B) The entities referred to in subparagraph (A) are entities that conduct biomedical and behavioral research and are located in a State in which the aggregate success rate for applications to the national research institutes for assistance for such research by the entities in the State has historically constituted a low success rate of obtaining such funds, relative to such aggregate rate for such entities in other States. "(C) With respect to enhancing competitiveness for purposes of subpgiragraph (A), the Director of NiH, in carrying out the program established under such subparagraph, may— "(i) provide technical assistance to the entities involved, including technical assistance in the preparation of applications for obtaining funds from the national research institutes; "(ii) assist the entities in developing a plan for biomedical or behavioral research proposals; and "(iii) assist the entities in implementing such plan. "(2) The Director of NIH shall establish a program of supporting projects of biomedical or behavioral research whose princip^ researchers are individuals who have not previously served as the principal researchers of such projects supported by the Director.". SEC. 203. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH. (a) IN GENERAL. —Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 151 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following section: "OFFICE OF BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH "SEC 404A. (a) There is established within the Office of the 42 USC 283c. Director of NIH an office to be known as the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (in this section referred to as the 'Office'). The Office shall be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the Director of NIH. "(b)(1) With respect to research on the relationship between human behavior and the development, treatment, and prevention of medical conditions, the Director of the Office shall— "(A) coordinate research conducted or supported by the agencies of the National Institutes of Health; and "(B) identify projects of behavioral and social sciences research that should be conducted or supported by the national research institutes, and develop such projects in cooperation with such institutes. "(2) Research authorized under paragraph (1) includes research on teen pregnancy, infant mortality, violent behavior, suicide, and homelessness. Such research does not include neurobiological research, or research in which the behavior of an organism is observed for the purpose of determining activity at the cellular or molecular level.". (b) REPORT. — Not later than February 1, 1994, the Director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (established in section 404A of the Public Health Service Act, as added by

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