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Contract authority.

PUBLIC LAW 95-622—NOV. 9, 1978 stances or to provide information described in clause (ii) of subparagraph (C), and (ii) how the Secretary and each such other entity, respectively, have responded to each such request. "(5) The authority of the Secretary to enter into any contract for the conduct of any study, testing, program, research, or review, or assessment under this subsection shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.". N E W ARTHRITIS

42 USC 289c-6.

CENTERS

SEC. 263. Section 439(g) is amended by striking out the last sentence. PEER REVIEW OF RESEARCH GItANTS UNDER THE DIVISION OF NURSING

42 USC 289/-4.

SEC 264. Section 475(a) is amended (1) by inserting before ", shall by regulation" the following: "and the head of the Division of Nursing of the Health Resources Administration (or the successor to either such entity)", (2) by inserting after "research" in paragraph (1) the following: "(including research under programs of such Division of Nursing)", and (3) by striking out "or the" in paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof "the" and by inserting before the period in that paragraph a comma and the following: "or the Division of Nursing of the Health Resources Administration (or the successor to either such entity)". EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS FOR THE

Ante, p. 3432.

S E C 265. Title IV is amended by inserting after section 478 (as added by section 241(b) of this title) the following new section: "EXPERTS AND

42 USC 289/-8.

eompensation. 42 USC 284, 287b.

INSTITUTES

CONSULTANTS

"SEC. 479. (a) The Director of the National Institutes of Health may obtain (in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but without regard to the limitation in such section on the number of days or the period of service) the services of not more than two hundred experts or consultants who have scientific or professional qualifications, for the National Institutes of Health and for each of the research institutes (other than the National Cancer Institute and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute). " (b)(1) Experts and consultants whose services are obtained under subsection (a) or under section 404(b)(1) or 413(c)(1) shall be paid or reimbursed for their expenses associated with traveling to and from their assignment location in accordance with sections 5724, 5724a(a) (1), 5724a(a)(3), and 5726(c) of title 5, United States Code. "(2} Expenses specified in paragraph (1) may not be allowed in connection with the assignment of an expert or consultant whose services are obtained under this subsection, unless and until the expert or consultant agrees in writing to complete the entire period of his assignment or 1 year, whichever is shorter, unless separated or reassigned for reasons beyond his control that are acceptable to the Secretary. If the expert or consultant violates the agreement, the money spent by the United States for these expenses is recoverable from him as a debt due the United States. The Secretary may waive in whole

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