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[CITE: 42USC284c]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
   Part B--General Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes
 
Sec. 284c. Certain uses of funds

    (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the sum of the amounts 
obligated in any fiscal year for administrative expenses of the National 
Institutes of Health may not exceed an amount which is 5.5 percent of 
the total amount appropriated for such fiscal year for the National 
Institutes of Health.
    (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the National Library of 
Medicine, the National Center for Nursing Research, the John E. Fogarty 
International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, the 
Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, and the Office of Medical 
Applications of Research.
    (3) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ``administrative 
expenses'' means expenses incurred for the support of activities 
relevant to the award of grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements 
and expenses incurred for general administration of the scientific 
programs and activities of the National Institutes of Health.
    (b) For fiscal year 1989 and subsequent fiscal years, amounts made 
available to the National Institutes of Health shall be available for 
payment of nurses and allied health professionals in accordance with 
payment authorities, scheduling options, benefits, and other authorities 
provided under chapter 73 of title 38 for nurses of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 408, as added Pub. L. 99-158, 
Sec. 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 831; amended Pub. L. 100-607, title I, 
Sec. 118, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3053; Pub. L. 100-690, title II, 
Sec. 2613(d), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4239; Pub. L. 103-43, title IV, 
Sec. 403(b)(1), title XX, Sec. 2008(b)(2), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 158, 
211; Pub. L. 104-316, title I, Sec. 122(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3836; Pub. L. 105-362, title VI, Sec. 601(a)(1)(B), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 
Stat. 3285.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 105-362 struck out par. (4) which read 
as follows: ``Not later than December 31, 1987, and December 31 of each 
succeeding year, the Secretary shall report to the Congress the amount 
obligated in the fiscal year preceding such date for administrative 
expenses of the National Institutes of Health and the total amount 
appropriated for the National Institutes of Health for such fiscal year. 
The Secretary shall consult with the Comptroller General of the United 
States in preparing each report.''
    1996--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 104-316 struck out at end ``In 
identifying expenses incurred for such support and administration the 
Secretary shall consult with the Comptroller General of the United 
States.''
    1993--Pub. L. 103-43 amended section catchline generally, 
redesignated subsec. (b) as (a) and par. (5) of subsec. (a) as (b), 
struck out former subsec. (a) which authorized appropriations in 
addition to amounts otherwise appropriated under this subchapter for the 
National Cancer Institute for programs other than under section 285a-1 
of this title and for its program under section 285a-1 of this title and 
for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for programs other 
than under section 285b-1 of this title and for its program under 
section 285b-1 of this title, and substituted ``Department of Veterans 
Affairs'' for ``Veterans' Administration'' in subsec. (b).
    1988--Subsec. (a)(1), (2). Pub. L. 100-607, Sec. 118(a), amended 
pars. (1) and (2) generally. Prior to amendment, pars. (1) and (2) read 
as follows:
    ``(1)(A) For the National Cancer Institute (other than its programs 
under section 285a-1 of this title), there are authorized to be 
appropriated $1,194,000,000 for fiscal year 1986, $1,270,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1987, and $1,344,000,000 for fiscal year 1988.
    ``(B) For the programs under section 285a-1 of this title, there are 
authorized to be appropriated $68,000,000 for fiscal year 1986, 
$74,000,000 for fiscal year 1987, and $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1988.
    ``(2)(A) For the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (other 
than its programs under section 285b-1 of this title), there are 
authorized to be appropriated $809,000,000 for fiscal year 1986, 
$871,000,000 for fiscal year 1987, and $927,000,000 for fiscal year 
1988. Of the amount appropriated under this subsection for such fiscal 
year, not less than 15 percent of such amount shall be reserved for 
programs respecting diseases of the lung and not less than 15 percent of 
such amount shall be reserved for programs respecting blood diseases and 
blood resources.
    ``(B) For the programs under section 285b-1 of this title, there are 
authorized to be appropriated $82,000,000 for fiscal year 1986, 
$90,000,000 for fiscal year 1987, and $98,000,000 for fiscal year 
1988.''
    Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 100-690 inserted a comma after ``section 
285b-1 of this title''.
    Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 100-607, Sec. 118(b), added par. (5).

                         Change of Name

    National Center for Nursing Research changed to National Institute 
of Nursing Research by Pub. L. 103-43, title XV, Sec. 1511, June 10, 
1993, 107 Stat. 178.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-690 effective immediately after enactment 
of Pub. L. 100-607, which was approved Nov. 4, 1988, see section 2600 of 
Pub. L. 100-690, set out as a note under section 242m of this title.


Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center; Availability of Funds for Payment of 
              Nurses; Rate of Pay and Options and Benefits

    Pub. L. 99-349, title I, July 2, 1986, 100 Stat. 738, provided that: 
``Funds made available for fiscal year 1986 and hereafter to the Warren 
G. Magnuson Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health shall 
be available for payment of nurses at the rates of pay and with schedule 
options and benefits authorized for the Veterans Administration pursuant 
to 38 U.S.C. 4107.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 285m-6 of this title.
