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[CITE: 42USC289c]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
                       Part H--General Provisions
 
Sec. 289c. Research on public health emergencies; report to 
        Congressional committees
        
    (a) If the Secretary determines, after consultation with the 
Director of NIH, the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, 
or the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that 
a disease or disorder constitutes a public health emergency, the 
Secretary, acting through the Director of NIH--
        (1) shall expedite the review by advisory councils under section 
    284a of this title and by peer review groups under section 289a of 
    this title of applications for grants for research on such disease 
    or disorder or proposals for contracts for such research;
        (2) shall exercise the authority in section 5 of title 41 
    respecting public exigencies to waive the advertising requirements 
    of such section in the case of proposals for contracts for such 
    research;
        (3) may provide administrative supplemental increases in 
    existing grants and contracts to support new research relevant to 
    such disease or disorder; and
        (4) shall disseminate, to health professionals and the public, 
    information on the cause, prevention, and treatment of such disease 
    or disorder that has been developed in research assisted under this 
    section.

The amount of an increase in a grant or contract provided under 
paragraph (3) may not exceed one-half the original amount of the grant 
or contract.
    (b) Not later than 90 days after the end of a fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources 
of the Senate on actions taken under subsection (a) of this section in 
such fiscal year.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 494, as added Pub. L. 99-158, 
Sec. 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 875; amended Pub. L. 102-531, title III, 
Sec. 312(d)(9), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3504.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-531 substituted ``Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention'' for ``Centers for Disease Control''.

                         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.
