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 120 STAT. 3696 42 USC 284 note.

PUBLIC LAW 109–482—JAN. 15, 2007

SEC. 106. ENHANCING THE CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE AWARD.

(a) IN GENERAL.—In administering the Clinical and Translational Science Award, the Director of NIH shall establish a mechanism to preserve independent funding and infrastructure for pediatric clinical research centers by— (1) allowing the appointment of a secondary principal investigator under a single Clinical and Translational Science Award, such that a pediatric principal investigator may be appointed with direct authority over a separate budget and infrastructure for pediatric clinical research; or (2) otherwise securing institutional independence of pediatric clinical research centers with respect to finances, infrastructure, resources, and research agenda. (b) REPORT.—As part of the biennial report under section 403 of the Public Health Service Act, the Director of NIH shall provide an evaluation and comparison of outcomes and effectiveness of training programs under subsection (a). (c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Director of NIH’’ has the meaning given such term in section 401 of the Public Health Service Act. SEC. 107. FOUNDATION FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

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Section 499 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290b) is amended— (1) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by amending subparagraph (D)(ii) to read as follows: ‘‘(ii) Upon the appointment of the appointed members of the Board under clause (i)(II), the terms of service as members of the Board of the ex officio members of the Board described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B) shall terminate. The ex officio members of the Board described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of subparagraph (B) shall continue to serve as ex officio members of the Board.’’; and (ii) in subparagraph (G), by inserting ‘‘appointed’’ after ‘‘that the number of’’; (B) by amending paragraph (3)(B) to read as follows: ‘‘(B) Any vacancy in the membership of the appointed members of the Board shall be filled in accordance with the bylaws of the Foundation established in accordance with paragraph (6), and shall not affect the power of the remaining appointed members to execute the duties of the Board.’’; and (C) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘appointed’’ after ‘‘majority of the’’; (2) in subsection (j)— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(d)(2)(B)(i)(II)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d)(6)’’; (B) in paragraph (4)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, including an accounting of the use of amounts transferred under subsection (l)’’ before the period at the end; and (ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:

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