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42 USC 287d.

Aggregate of >ayments, imitation.

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PUBLIC LAW 94-278—APR. 22, 1976 (4) by inserting ", pulmonary, and blood" before "diseases" in paragraph (2); (5) by striking out "cardiovascular disease" in paragraph (2) (A) and inserting in lieu thereof "cardiovascular, pulmonary, and blood diseases"; and (6) by striking out "such disease" in subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof "such diseases". (c) Section 415(b) is amended— (1) by inserting "the management of blood resources and" before "advanced"; and (2) by amending the first sentence after paragraph (4) to read as follows: "The aggregate of payments (other than payments for construction) made to any center under such an agreement for its costs (other than indirect costs) described in the first sentence may not exceed $5,000,000 in any year, except that the aggregate of such payments in any year may exceed such amount to the extent that the excess amount is attributable to increases in such year in appropriate costs as reflected in the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.". (d) The section heading of section 415 is amended by inserting "AND BLOOD RESOURCES" after "DISEASES".

42 USC 287f.

42 USC 287g.

Report to Secretary for transmittal to President and Congress. 42 USC 287g note.

Effective date. 42 USC 287g note.

SEC. 107. (a) Section 417(a)(1) is amended by striking out "Director of the Office of Science and Technology" and inserting in lieu thereof "Director of the National Science Foundation". (b) Section 417 is amended by striking out "National Heart and Lung Advisory Council" in subsection (a) and in subsection (b)(3) and inserting in lieu thereof "National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council". (c) The section heading of section 417 is amended by striking out "AND LUNG" and inserting in lieu thereof ", LUNG, AND BLOOD". SEC. 108. Section 418 is amended— (1) by inserting "and to the use of blood and blood products and the management of blood resources" after "diseases" in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a); (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of subsection (a) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7),respectively, and by adding after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: "(4) recommend to the Secretary (A) areas of research in heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood diseases and in the use of blood and blood products and the management of blood resources which it determines should be supported by the awarding of contracts in order to best carry out the purposes of this part, and (B) the percentage of the budget of the Institute which should be expended for such contracts;"; and (3)(A) by amending paragraph (2) of subsection (b) to read as follows: "(2) The Council shall submit a report to the Secretary for simultaneous transmittal, not later than November 30 of each year, to the President and to the Congress on the progress of the Program toward the accomplishment of its objectives during the preceding fiscal year.". (B) For purposes of section 418(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (as amended by subparagraph (A)), the period beginning July 1, 1975, and ending September 30, 1976, shall be considered a fiscal year. (C) The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect as of January 1, 1976.

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