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 PUBLIC LAW 103-43—JUNE 10, 1993 107 STAT. 175 "(C) No member is eligible for reappointment to the Board until 1 year has elapsed after the end of the most recent term of the member. "(7) COMPENSATION.— Members of the Board who are not officers or employees of the United States shall receive for each day the members are engaged in the performance of the functions of the Board compensation at the same rate received by members of other national advisory councils established under this title. " (c) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —The Director of the Center may make a grant under subsection (a) only if the applicant for the grant meets the following conditions: "(A) The applicant is determined by such Director to be competent to engage in the tj^e of research for which the proposed facility is to be constructed. "(B) The applicant provides assurances satisfactory to the Director that— "(i) for not less than 20 years after completion of the construction, the facility will be used for the purposes of research for which it is to be constructed; "(ii) sufficient funds will be available to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of constructing the facility; "(iii) sufficient funds will be available, when construction is completed, for the effective use of the facility for the research for which it is being constructed; and "(iv) the proposed construction will expand the applicant's capacity for research, or is necessary to improve or maintain the quality of the applicant's research. "(C) The applicant meets reasonable qualifications established by the Director with respect to— "(i) the relative scientific and technical merit of the applications, and the relative effectiveness of the proposed facilities, in expanding the capacity for biomedical or behavioral research and in improving the quality of such research; "(ii) the quality of the research or training, or both, to be carried out in the facilities involved; "(iii) the need of the applicant for such facilities in order to maintain or expand the applicant's research and training mission; "(iv) the congruence of the research activities to be carried out within the facility with the research and investigator manpower needs of the United States; and "(v) the age and condition of existing research facilities and equipment. "(D) The applicant has demonstrated a commitment to enhancing and expanding the research productivity of the applicant. "(2) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN FACTORS.—In making grants under subsection (a), the Director of the Center may, in addition to the requirements established in paragraph (1), consider the following factors:

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