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PUBLIC LAW 93-352-JULY 23, 1974

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STAT.

SEC. 110. The part H of the Public Health Service Act relating to the appointment of the Directors of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute is redesignated as part I, section 461 of such part is redesignated as section 471, and such part is amended by adding at the end the following new section: " P E E R REVIEW OF GRANT APPLICATIONS AND CONTRACT PROJECTS

42 USC 289M.

42 USC 241,

Effective date. 42 USC 289Z

42 USC 201 note.

"SEC. 472. (a) The Secretary, after consultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, and, where appropriate, the Directors of the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, shall by regulation require appropriate scientific peer review of— "(1) applications made after the effective date of such regulations for grants under this Act for biomedical and behavioral research; and "(2) biomedical and behavioral research and development contract projects to be administered after such effective date through an institute established under this title, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, or the National Institute on Drug Abuse. " (b) Regulations promulgated under subsection (a) shall, to the extent practical, require that the review of grant applications required by the regulations be conducted— "(1) in a manner consistent with the system for scientific peer review applicable on the date of the enactment of this section to applications for grants under this Act for biomedical and behavioral research, and " (2) by peer review groups performing such review on or before such date. "(c) The members of any peer review group established under such regulations shall be individuals who by virtue of their training or experience are eminently qualified to perform the review functions of the group and not more than one-fourth of the members of any peer review group established under such regulations shall be officers or employees of the United States." SEC. 111. Section 301(h) of the Public Health Service Act is amended by striking out "during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and each of the eight succeeding fiscal years". SEC. 112. (a) The first sentence of section 471 of the Public Health Service Act (as so redesignated by section 110) is amended to read as follows: "The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and the Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the President." (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to appointments to the office of Director of the National Institutes of Health made after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 113. Section 601 of the Medical Facilities Construction and Modernization Amendments of 1970 is amended by striking out "ending prior to July 1, 1974,".

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