Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/2570

 119 STAT. 2552

PUBLIC LAW 109–129—DEC. 20, 2005

(A) the date that is 3 years after the date on which the contract is entered into; or (B) September 30, 2010. (2) EXTENSIONS.—Subject to paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary may extend the period of funding under a contract under this section to exceed a period of 3 years if— (A) the Secretary finds that 150,000 new units of highquality cord blood have not yet been collected pursuant to this section; and (B) the Secretary does not receive an application for a contract under this section from any qualified cord blood bank that has not previously entered into a contract under this section or the Secretary determines that the outstanding inventory need cannot be met by the one or more qualified cord blood banks that have submitted an application for a contract under this section. (3) PREFERENCE.—In considering contract extensions under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall give preference to qualified cord blood banks that the Secretary determines have demonstrated a superior ability to satisfy the requirements described in subsection (b) and to achieve the overall goals for which the contract was awarded. (f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may promulgate regulations to carry out this section. (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) The term ‘‘C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program’’ means the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program under section 379 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by this Act. (2) The term ‘‘cord blood donor’’ means a mother who has delivered a baby and consents to donate the neonatal blood remaining in the placenta and umbilical cord after separation from the newborn baby. (3) The term ‘‘cord blood unit’’ means the neonatal blood collected from the placenta and umbilical cord of a single newborn baby. (4) The term ‘‘first-degree relative’’ means a sibling or parent who is one meiosis away from a particular individual in a family. (5) The term ‘‘qualified cord blood bank’’ has the meaning given to that term in section 379(d)(4) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by this Act. (6) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) EXISTING FUNDS.—Any amounts appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2004 or 2005 for the purpose of assisting in the collection or maintenance of cord blood shall remain available to the Secretary until the end of fiscal year 2007. (2) SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 to carry out this section. (3) LIMITATION.—Not to exceed 5 percent of the amount appropriated under this section in each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009 may be used to carry out the demonstration project under subsection (c).

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