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 92 STAT. 3426

Report to President and Congress.

Report to President and Congress.

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PUBLIC LAW 95-622—NOV. 9, 1978

results of cancer research undertaken in any country for the use of any person involved in cancer research in any country; "(2) establish or support the large-scale production or distribution of specialized biological materials and other therapeutic substances for research and set standards of safety and care for persons using such materials; "(3) support research in the cancer field outside the United States by highly qualified foreign nationals which research can be expected to inure to the benefit of the American people; support \ collaborative research involving American and foreign participants; and support the training of American scientists abroad and foreign scientists in the United States; "(4) support appropriate programs of education (including continuing education) and training in fundamental sciences and clinical disciplines for investigators, physicians, and allied health professionals for participation in clinical programs relating to cancer, including the use of training stipends, fellowships, and career awards; "(5) expeditiously utilize existing research facilities and personnel of the National Institutes of Health for accelerated exploration of opportunities in areas of special promise; "(6) encourage and coordinate cancer research by industrial concerns where such concerns evidence a particular capability for such research; "(7) provide and contract for a program to disseminate and interpret, on a current basis, for practitioners and other health professionals, scientists, and the general public scientific and other information respecting the cause, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer; "(8)(A) prepare and submit, directly to the President for review and transmittal to Congress, an annual budget estimate (including an estimate of the number and type of personnel needed for the National Cancer Institute) for the National Cancer Program, after reasonable opportunity for comment (but without — change) by the Secretary, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, and the National Cancer Advisory Board; and (B) receive from the President and the Office of Management and Budget directly all funds appropriated by Congress for obligation / and expenditure by the Institute; and "(9) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, prepare in consultation with the National Cancer Advisory Board and submit to the Secretary, for simultaneous transmittal, not later than November 30 of each year, to the President and to the Congress, a report on the activities, progress, and accomplishments under the National Cancer Program during the preceding fiscal year, which shall include a report on the progress, activities, and accomplishments of, and expenditures for, the information services of the Program, and a plan for the Program during the next five years. "(b) The Director of the Institute (after consultation with the National Cancer Advisory Board) in carrying out his functions in administering the National Cancer Program and without regard to any other provision of this Act is authorized— " (1) to obtain (in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code and if authorized by the National Cancer Advisory

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