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 99 STAT. 872 Appropriation authorization. Grants.

Contracts.

42 USC 295g, 295g-4, 295g-6.

98 Stat. 2819. 42 USC 242b. Prohibition.

PUBLIC LAW 99-158—NOV. 20, 1985 "(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to make payments under National Research Service Awards and under grants for such awards $244,000,000 for fiscal year 1986, $260,000,000 for fiscal year 1987, and $275,000,000 for fiscal year 1988. Of the amounts appropriated under this subsection— "(1) not less than 15 percent shall be made available for payments under National Research Service Awards provided by the Secretary under subsection (a)(1)(A); "(2) not less than 50 percent shall be made available for grants under subsection (a)(1)(B) for National Research Service Awards; "(3) one-half of one percent shall be made available for payments under National Research Service Awards which (A) are made to individuals affiliated with entities which have received grants or contracts under section 780, 784, or 786, and (B) are for research in primary medical care; and one-half of one percent shall be made available for payments under National Research Service Awards made for health services research by the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment under section 304(a)(3); and "(4) not more than 4 percent may be obligated for National Research Service Awards for periods of three months or less. VISITING SCIENTIST AWARDS

Education. Disadvantaged persons. Schools and colleges. 42 USC 288a.

"SEC. 488. (a) The Secretary may make awards (hereafter in this section referred to as 'Visiting Scientist Awards') to outstanding scientists who agree to serve as visiting scientists at institutions of postsecondary education which have significant enrollments of disadvantaged students. Visiting Scientist Awards shall be made by the Secretary to enable the faculty and students of such institutions to draw upon the special talents of scientists from other institutions for the purpose of receiving guidance, advice, and instruction with regard to research, teaching, and curriculum development in the biomedical and behavioral sciences and such other aspects of these sciences as the Secretary shall deem appropriate. "(b) The amount of each Visiting Scientist Award shall include such sum as shall be commensurate with the salary or remuneration which the individual receiving the award would have been entitled to receive from the institution with which the individual has, or had, a permanent or immediately prior affiliation. Eligibility for and terms of Visiting Scientist Awards shall be determined in accordance with regulations the Secretary shall prescribe. STUDIES RESPECTING BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH PERSONNEL

42 USC 288b.

"Sec. 489. (a) The Secretary shall, in accordance with subsection (b), arrange for the conduct of a continuing study to— "(1) establish (A) the Nation's overall need for biomedical and behavioral research personnel, (B) the subject areas in which such personnel are needed and the number of such personnel needed in each such area, and (C) the kinds and extent of training which should be provided such personnel; "(2) assess (A) current training programs available for the training of biomedical and behavioral research personnel which are conducted under this Act, at or through national research

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