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[CITE: 42USC288b]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
                       Part G--Awards and Training
 
Sec. 288b. Studies respecting biomedical and behavioral research 
        personnel
        

(a) Scope of undertaking

    The Secretary shall, in accordance with subsection (b) of this 
section, 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 chapter, at or through national research 
    institutes under the National Institutes of Health, and (B) other 
    current training programs available for the training of such 
    personnel;
        (3) identify the kinds of research positions available to and 
    held by individuals completing such programs;
        (4) determine, to the extent feasible, whether the programs 
    referred to in clause (B) of paragraph (2) would be adequate to meet 
    the needs established under paragraph (1) if the programs referred 
    to in clause (A) of paragraph (2) were terminated; and
        (5) determine what modifications in the programs referred to in 
    paragraph (2) are required to meet the needs established under 
    paragraph (1).

(b) Arrangement with National Academy of Sciences or other nonprofit 
        private groups or associations

    (1) The Secretary shall request the National Academy of Sciences to 
conduct the study required by subsection (a) of this section under an 
arrangement under which the actual expenses incurred by such Academy in 
conducting such study will be paid by the Secretary. If the National 
Academy of Sciences is willing to do so, the Secretary shall enter into 
such an arrangement with such Academy for the conduct of such study.
    (2) If the National Academy of Sciences is unwilling to conduct such 
study under such an arrangement, then the Secretary shall enter into a 
similar arrangement with other appropriate nonprofit private groups or 
associations under which such groups or associations will conduct such 
study and prepare and submit the reports thereon as provided in 
subsection (c) of this section.
    (3) The National Academy of Sciences or other group or association 
conducting the study required by subsection (a) of this section shall 
conduct such study in consultation with the Director of NIH.

(c) Report to Congressional committees

    A report on the results of the study required under subsection (a) 
of this section shall be submitted by the Secretary to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Labor and Human Resources of the Senate at least once every four years.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 489, as added Pub. L. 99-158, 
Sec. 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 872; amended Pub. L. 102-321, title I, 
Sec. 163(b)(5), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 376.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102-321 struck out ``and institutes 
under the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration'' after 
``National Institutes of Health''.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives treated 
as referring to Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives by 
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 
of Title 2, The Congress.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-321 effective Oct. 1, 1992, with provision 
for programs providing financial assistance, see section 801(c), (d) of 
Pub. L. 102-321, set out as a note under section 236 of this title.
