Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 1.djvu/846

 99 STAT. 824

42 USC 241.

Post, p. 874. Real property.

Public buildings and grounds. District of Columbia.

5 USC 5101. 5 USC 5331.

Prohibition. 5 USC app.

PUBLIC LAW 99-158—NOV. 20, 1985 Director of NIH shall perform functions as provided under subsection (b) and as the Secretary may otherwise prescribe. "(b) In carrying out the purposes of section 301, the Secretary, acting through the Director of NIH— "(1) shall be responsible for the overall direction of the National Institutes of Health and for the establishment and implementation of general policies respecting the management and operation of programs and activities within the National Institutes of Health; "(2) shall coordinate and oversee the operation of the national research institutes and administrative entities within the National Institutes of Health; "(3) shall assure that research at or supported by the National Institutes of Health is subject to review in accordance with section 492; "(4) for the national research institutes and administrative entities within the National Institutes of Health— "(A) may acquire, construct, improve, repair, operate, and maintain, at the site of such institutes and entities, laboratories, and other research facilities, other facilities, equipment, and other real or personal property, and "(B) may acquire, without regard to the Act of March 3, 1877 (40 U.S.C. 34), by lease or otherwise through the Administrator of General Services, buildings or parts of buildings in the District of Columbia or communities located adjacent to the District of Columbia for use for a period not to exceed ten years; "(5) may secure resources for research conducted by or through the National Institutes of Health; "(6) may, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, establish such technical and scientific peer review groups as are needed to carry out the requirements of this title and appoint and pay the members of such groups, except that officers and employees of the United States shall not receive additional compensation for service as members of such groups; "(7) may secure for the National Institutes of Health consultation services and advice of persons from the United States or abroad; "(8) may use, with their consent, the services, equipment, personnel, information, and facilities of other Federal, State, or local public agencies, with or without reimbursement therefor; "(9) may, for purposes of study, admit and treat at facilities of the National Institutes of Health individuals not otherwise eligible for such treatment; "(10) may accept voluntary and uncompensated services; and "(11) may perform such other administrative functions as the Secretary determines are needed to effectively carry out this title. The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the duration of a peer review group appointed under paragraph (6). The members of such a group shall be individuals who by virtue of their training or experience are eminently qualified to perform the review func-

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