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 PUBLIC LAW 103-43—JUNE 10, 1993 107 STAT. 203 Reports. 42 USC 285f-l note. 42 USC 281 note. (6) TERMINATION. — Notwithstanding section 15 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the advisory panel shall terminate 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 1903. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ON CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, not later than October 1, 1993, and annually thereafter for the next 3 years, prepare and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report that summarizes the research activities conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health concerning chronic fatigue syndrome. Such report should include information concerning grants made, cooperative agreements or contracts entered into, intramural activities, research priorities and needs, and a plan to address such priorities and needs. SEC. 1904. REPORT ON MEDICAL USES OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS IN DEVELOPMENT OF DEFENSES AGAINST BIOLOGICAL WAR- FARE. The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and with the heads of other appropriate executive agencies, shall report to the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee on the appropriateness and impact of the National Institutes of Health assuming responsibility for the conduct of all Federal research, development, testing, and evaluation functions relating to medical countermeasures against biowarfare threat agents. In preparing the report, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall identify the extent to which such activities are carried out by agencies other than the National Institutes of Health, and assess the impact (positive and negative) of the National Institutes of Health assuming responsibility for such activities, including the impact under the Budget Enforcement Act and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 on existing National Institutes of Health research programs as well as other programs within the category of domestic discretionary spending. Such Secretary shall submit the report not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall provide a copy of the report to the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services. SEC. 1905. PERSONNEL STUDY OF RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND TURNOVER. (a) STUDY OF PERSONNEL SYSTEM.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall conduct a study to review the retention, recruitment, vacancy and turnover rates of support staff, including firefighters, law enforcement, procurement officers, technicians, nurses and clerical employees, to ensure that the National Institutes of Health is adequately supporting the conduct of efficient, effective and high quality research for the American public. The Director of NIH shall work in conjunction with appropriate employee organizations and representatives in developing such a study. (b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— Not later than 1 year after Reports. the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall prepare and submit to the Committee 42 USC 282 note.

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