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 93 STAT. 1072

Equitable distribution of funds.

PUBLIC LAW 96-142—DEC. 12, 1979

"(3) Contracts under this section may be entered into without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5). "(4) The Secretary shall seek to make equitable distribution of funds appropriated under this section among the various regions of the country and to ensure that the needs of rural and urban areas are appropriately addressed. SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME RESEARCH AND RESEARCH REPORTS

42 USC

300C-12.

Report to congressional committees.

Contents.

Report to congressional committees.

"SEC. 1122. (a) From the sums appropriated to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development under section 441, the Secretary shall assure that there are applied to research of the type described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection Ob)(l) of this section such amounts each year as will be adequate, given the leads and findings then available from such research, in order to make maximum fesisible progress toward identification of infants at risk of sudden infant death syndrome and prevention of sudden infant death syndrome. "OJXI) Not later than ninety days after the close of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives specific information for such fiscal year on— "(A) the (i) number of applications approved by the Secretary in the fiscal year reported on for grants and contracts under this Act for research which relates specifically to sudden infant death syndrome, (ii) total amount requested under such applications, (iii) number of such applications for which funds were provided in such fiscal year, and (iv) total amount of such funds; and "(B) the (i) number of applications approved by the Secretary in such fiscal year for grants and contracts under this Act for research which relates generally to sudden infant death syndrome, including high-risk pregnancy and high-risk infancy research which directly relates to sudden infant death syndrome, (ii) relationship of the high-risk pregnancy and high-risk infancy research to sudden infant death syndrome, (iii) total amount requested under such applications, (iv) number of such applications for which funds were provided in such fiscal year, and (v) total amount of such funds. "(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall— "(A) contain a summary of the findings of intramural and extramural research supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development relating to sudden infant death syndrome as described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such paragraph (1), and the plan of such Institute for taking maximum advantage of such research leads and findings; and "(B) provide an estimate of the need for additional funds over each of the next five fiscal years for grants and contracts under this Act for research activities described in such subparagraphs. "(c) Within five days after the Budget is transmitted by the President to the Congress for each fiscal year after fiscal year 1980, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on

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