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[CITE: 42USC285a-3]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
   Part C--Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes
 
                  subpart 1--national cancer institute
 
Sec. 285a-3. National cancer research and demonstration centers


(a) Cooperative agreements and grants for establishing and supporting

    (1) The Director of the Institute may enter into cooperative 
agreements with and make grants to public or private nonprofit entities 
to pay all or part of the cost of planning, establishing, or 
strengthening, and providing basic operating support for centers for 
basic and clinical research into, training in, and demonstration of 
advanced diagnostic, prevention, control, and treatment methods for 
cancer.
    (2) A cooperative agreement or grant under paragraph (1) shall be 
entered into in accordance with policies established by the Director of 
NIH and after consultation with the Institute's advisory council.

(b) Uses for Federal payments under cooperative agreements or grants

    Federal payments made under a cooperative agreement or grant under 
subsection (a) of this section may be used for--
        (1) construction (notwithstanding any limitation under section 
    289e of this title);
        (2) staffing and other basic operating costs, including such 
    patient care costs as are required for research;
        (3) clinical training, including training for allied health 
    professionals, continuing education for health professionals and 
    allied health professions personnel, and information programs for 
    the public respecting cancer; and
        (4) demonstration purposes.

As used in this paragraph, the term ``construction'' does not include 
the acquisition of land, and the term ``training'' does not include 
research training for which National Research Service Awards may be 
provided under section 288 of this title.

(c) Period of support; additional periods

    Support of a center under subsection (a) of this section may be for 
a period of not to exceed five years. Such period may be extended by the 
Director for additional periods of not more than five years each if the 
operations of such center have been reviewed by an appropriate technical 
and scientific peer review group established by the Director and if such 
group has recommended to the Director that such period should be 
extended.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 414, as added Pub. L. 99-158, 
Sec. 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 835; amended Pub. L. 100-607, title I, 
Sec. 123, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3055.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100-607 inserted ``control,'' after 
``prevention,''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 285a-6, 285a-7 of this 
title.
