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[CITE: 42USC289e]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
                       Part H--General Provisions
 
Sec. 289e. Use of appropriations

    (a) Appropriations to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, 
unless otherwise expressly provided, may be expended in the District of 
Columbia for--
        (1) personal services;
        (2) stenographic recording and translating services;
        (3) travel expenses (including the expenses of attendance at 
    meetings when specifically authorized by the Secretary);
        (4) rental;
        (5) supplies and equipment;
        (6) purchase and exchange of medical books, books of reference, 
    directories, periodicals, newspapers, and press clippings;
        (7) purchase, operation, and maintenance of passenger motor 
    vehicles;
        (8) printing and binding (in addition to that otherwise provided 
    by law); and
        (9) all other necessary expenses in carrying out this 
    subchapter.

Such appropriations may be expended by contract if deemed necessary, 
without regard to section 5 of title 41.
    (b)(1) None of the amounts appropriated under this chapter for the 
purposes of this subchapter may be obligated for the construction of 
facilities (including the acquisition of land) unless a provision of 
this subchapter establishes express authority for such purpose and 
unless the Act making appropriations under such provision specifies that 
the amounts appropriated are available for such purpose.
    (2) Any grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts authorized in 
this subchapter for the construction of facilities may be awarded only 
on a competitive basis.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 496, as added Pub. L. 99-158, 
Sec. 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 877; amended Pub. L. 101-190, Sec. 8, 
Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1695; Pub. L. 103-43, title XX, 
Sec. 2008(b)(15), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 211.)


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-43 substituted ``Appropriations to 
carry out the purposes of this subchapter'' for ``Such appropriations''.
    1989--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-190 designated existing provisions as 
subsec. (a), struck out first sentence which read as follows: 
``Appropriations to carry out the purposes of this subchapter shall be 
available for the acquisition of land or the erection of buildings only 
if so specified.'', and added subsec. (b).


 Construction of Biomedical Facilities for Development and Breeding of 
                       Specialized Strains of Mice

    Sections 1 to 7 of Pub. L. 101-190, as amended by Pub. L. 101-374, 
Sec. 4(a), (c)(1), Aug. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 458, 459, authorized a 
reservation of funds for making a grant to construct facilities for 
development and breeding of specialized strains of mice for use in 
biomedical research, provided for a competitive grant award process, 
required applicant for the grant to agree to a twenty-year transferable 
obligation, restricted grant applicant to public or nonprofit private 
status, with assurances of sufficient financial resources, set forth 
other grant requirements, and specified consequences of failure to 
comply with agreements and violation of the twenty-year obligation.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 285a-3, 285b-4, 285o-4 of 
this title.
