Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 1.djvu/856

 99 STAT. 834

Grants.

Public buildings and grounds. District of Columbia.

Contracts. Ante, p. 826.

Prohibition.

PUBLIC LAW 99-158—NOV. 20, 1985 maintain laboratories, other research facilities, equipment, and such other real or personal property as the Director determines necessary; "(B) may, in consultation with the advisory council for the Institute, make grants for construction or renovation of facilities; and "(C) may, in consultation with the advisory council for the Institute, 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 the use of the Institute for a period not to exceed ten years; "(7) may, in consultation with the advisory council for the Institute, appoint one or more advisory committees composed of such private citizens and officials of Federal, State, and local governments to advise the Director with respect to the Director's functions; "(8) may, subject to section 405(b)(2) and without regard to section 3324 of title 31, United States Code, and section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5), enter into such contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, as may be necessary in the conduct of functions of the Director, with any public agency, or with any person, firm, association, corporation, or educational institution; "(9) shall maintain and operate the International Cancer Research Data Bank, which shall collect, catalog, store, and disseminate insofar as feasible through the use of information systems accessible to the public, general practitioners, and oncologic investigators, the results of cancer research and treatment undertaken in any country for the use of any person involved in cancer research and treatment in any country; and "(10)(A) shall, notwithstanding section 405(a), prepare and submit, directly to the President for review and transmittal to Congress, an annual budget estimate (including an estimate of the number and type of personnel needs for the Institute) for the National Cancer Program, after reasonable opportunity for comment (but without change) by the Secretary, the Director of NIH, and the Institute's advisory council; and (B) may receive from the President and the Office of Management and Budget directly all funds appropriated by Congress for obligation and expenditure by the Institute. Except as otherwise provided, experts and consultants whose services are obtained under paragraph (5) shall be paid or reimbursed, in accordance with title 5, United States Code, for their travel to and from their place of service and for other expenses associated with their assignment. Such expenses shall not be allowed in connection with the assignment of an expert or consultant whose services are obtained under paragraph (5) unless the expert or consultant has agreed in writing to complete the entire period of the assignment or one year of the assignment, whichever is shorter, unless separated or reassigned for reasons which are beyond the control of the expert or consultant and which are acceptable to the Director of the Institute. If the expert or consultant violates the agreement, the money spent by the United States for such expenses is recoverable from the expert or consultant as a debt due the United States. The

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