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 112 STAT. 2512 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 16 CFR part 1616) issued by the Commission on September 9, 1996 (61 FR 47634), and any subsequent amendments thereto. (b) The General Accounting Office shall undertake a review of children's burn incident data relating to burns from the ignition of children's sleepwear from small open flame sources for the period July 1, 1997 through January 1, 1999. Such review shall be completed by April 1, 1999 and shall be submitted to the Congress and to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Regulations. (c) Not later than July 1, 1999, the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall promulgate a final rule revoking, maintaining or modifying the amendments issued by the Commission on September 9, 1996 (61 FR 47634) and any subsequent amendments thereto amending the Flammable Fabrics Act standards for the flammability of children's sleepwear, considering and substantively addressing the findings of the General Accounting Office and other information available to the Commission. (d) None of the following shall apply with respect to the promulgation of the amendment prescribed by subsection (a): (1) The Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.), (2) The Flammable Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. 1191 et seq.). (3) Chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code. (4) The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). (5) The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-121). (6) Any other statute or Executive order. 42 USC 6614 SEC. 430. COMPREHENSIVE AccouhfTABiLiTY STUDY FOR FEDER- note. ALLY-FUNDED RESEARCH, (a) STUDY.— The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, may enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences for the Academy to conduct a comprehensive study to develop methods for evaluating federally-funded research and development programs. This study shall— (1) recommend processes to determine an acceptable level of success for federally-funded research and development programs by— (A) describing the research process in the various scientific and engineering disciplines; (B) describing in the different sciences what measures and what criteria each community uses to evaluate the success or failure of a program, and on what time scales these measures are considered reliable—^both for exploratory long-range work and for short-range goals; and (C) recommending how these measures may be adapted for use by the Federal Government to evaluate federally- funded research and development programs; (2) assess the extent to which agencies incorporate independent merit-based evaluation into the formulation of the strategic plans of funding agencies and if the quantity or quality of this type of input is unsatisfactory; (3) recommend mechanisms for identifying federally-funded research and development programs which are unsuccessful or unproductive;

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