Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 1.djvu/850

 99 STAT. 828

Post, p. 874; f/ " "^ -

Ante, p. 823.

PUBLIC LAW 99-158—NOV. 20, 1985 agreement may be made only if such grant or cooperative agreement has been recommended after technical and scientific peer review required by regulations under section 492 and is recommended under section 406(a)(3)(A)(ii) by the advisory council for the national research institute involved. "(c) In carrying out subsection (b), each Director of a national research institute— "(1) shall coordinate, as appropriate, the activities of the institute with similar programs of other public and private entities; "(2) shall cooperate with the Directors of the other national research institutes in the development and support of multidisciplinary research and research that involves more than one institute; and "(3) may, with the approval of the advisory council for the institute and the Director of NIH, appoint technical and scientific peer review groups in addition to those appointed under section 402(b)(6). ADVISORY COUNCILS

42 USC 284a.

Gifts. 42 USC 300aa.

Post, p. 874. Grants. Ante, p. 826.

Grants. Contracts. Study. Public information.

"SEC. 406. (a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (h), the Secretary shall appoint an advisory council for each national research institute which (A) shall advise, assist, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary and the Director of such institute on matters related to the activities carried out by and through the institute and the policies respecting such activities, and (B) shall carry out the special functions prescribed by part C. "(2) Each advisory council for a national research institute may recommend to the Secretary acceptance, in accordance with section 2101, of conditional gifts for study, investigation, or research respecting the diseases, disorders, or other aspect of human health with respect to which the institute was established, for the acquisition of grounds, or for the construction, equipping, or maintenance of facilities for the institute. "(3) Each advisory council for a national research institute— "(A)(i) may on the basis of the materials provided under section 492(b)(2) respecting research conducted at the institute, make recommendations to the Director of the institute respecting such research. "(ii) may review applications for grants and cooperative agreements for research or training and for which advisory council approval is required under section 405(b)(2) and recommend for approval applications for projects which show promise of making valuable contributions to human knowledge, and "(iii) may review any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement proposed to be made or entered into by the institute; "(B) may collect, by correspondence or by personal investigation, information as to studies which are being carried on in the United States or any other country as to the diseases, disorders, or other aspect of human health with respect to which the institute was established and with the approval of the Director of the institute make available such information through appropriate publications for the benefit of public and private health

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