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 92 STAT. 3428

Grants.

42 USC 286a.

PUBLIC LAW 95-622—NOV. 9, 1978 and (2) when appropriate, by establishing, with the approval of the National Cancer Advisory Board and the Director of the National Institutes of Health, other formal peer review groups as may be required. '(b) Under procedures approved by the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Director of the National Cancer Institute may approve grants under this Act for cancer research or training— "(1) if the direct costs of such research and training do not exceed $35,000, but only after appropriate review for scientific merit, and "(2) if the direct costs of such research and training exceed $35,000, but only after appropriate review for scientific merit and recommendation for approval by the National Cancer Advisory Board under section 407(b)(3). u NATIONAL CANCER RKSEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION

Establishment. 42 USC 286a.

Cooperative agreements.

Post, p. 3432.

42 USC 289/-1.

CENTERS

"SEC. 406. (a) The Director of the Institute is authorized to provide for the establishment of new centers for basic and clinical research into, training in, and demonstration of, advanced diagnostic, prevention, and treatment methods for cancer. Such centers may be supported under subsection (b) or under any other applicable provision of law. " (b) The Director of the Institute, under policies established by the Director of the National Institutes of Health and after consultation with the National Cancer Advisory Board, is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with public or private nonprofit agencies or institutions to pay all or part of the cost of planning, establishing, or strengthening, and providing basic operating support for existing or new centers (including, but not limited to, centers established under subsection (a)) for basic and clinical research into, training in, and demonstration of advanced diagnostic, prevention, and treatment methods for cancer. Federal payments under this subsection in support of such cooperative agreements may be used for (1) construction (notwithstanding any limitation under section 477), (2) staffing and other basic operating costs, including such patient care costs as are required for research, (3) clinical training (including clinical training for allied health professionals, continuing education for health professionals and allied health professions personnel, and information programs for the public respecting cancer, and (4) demonstration purposes. The aggregate of payments (other than payments for construction) made to any center in support of such an agreement for its costs (other than indirect costs) described in the first sentence may not exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year, except that if in any fiscal year there is an increase, as reflected in the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the cost of a center for which payments may be made under such an agreement, the aggregate of payments in such year for such center may exceed $5,000,000 to include such increase and any such increase in any preceding fiscal year for which payments were made to such center under such an agreement to the extent that such increase resulted in payments in excess of $5,000,000. As used in this section, the term 'construction' does not include the acquisition of land, and the term 'training' does not include research training for which fellowship support may be provided under section 472. Support of a center under this section may

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