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[CITE: 42USC300cc-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
  SUBCHAPTER XXI--RESEARCH WITH RESPECT TO ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY 
                                SYNDROME
 
               Part A--Administration of Research Programs
 
Sec. 300cc-1. Requirement of expediting awards of grants and 
        contracts for research
        

(a) In general

    The Secretary shall expedite the award of grants, contracts, and 
cooperative agreements for research projects relating to acquired immune 
deficiency syndrome (including such research projects initiated 
independently of any solicitation by the Secretary for proposals for 
such research projects).

(b) Time limitations with respect to certain applications

    (1) With respect to programs of grants, contracts, and cooperative 
agreements described in subsection (a) of this section, any application 
submitted in response to a solicitation by the Secretary for proposals 
pursuant to such a program--
        (A) may not be approved if the application is submitted after 
    the expiration of the 3-month period beginning on the date on which 
    the solicitation is issued; and
        (B) shall be awarded, or otherwise finally acted upon, not later 
    than the expiration of the 6-month period beginning on the 
    expiration of the period described in subparagraph (A).

    (2) If the Secretary makes a determination that it is not 
practicable to administer a program referred to in paragraph (1) in 
accordance with the time limitations described in such paragraph, the 
Secretary may adjust the time limitations accordingly.

(c) Requirements with respect to adjustments in time limitations

    With respect to any program for which a determination described in 
subsection (b)(2) of this section is made, the Secretary shall--
        (1) if the determination is made before the Secretary issues a 
    solicitation for proposals pursuant to the program, ensure that the 
    solicitation describes the time limitations as adjusted by the 
    determination; and
        (2) if the determination is made after the Secretary issues such 
    a solicitation for proposals, issue a statement describing the time 
    limitations as adjusted by the determination and individually 
    notify, with respect to the determination, each applicant whose 
    application is submitted before the expiration of the 3-month period 
    beginning on the date on which the solicitation was issued.

(d) Annual reports to Congress

    Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, the Secretary 
shall annually prepare, for inclusion in the comprehensive report 
required in section 300cc of this title, a report--
        (A) summarizing programs for which the Secretary has made a 
    determination described in subsection (b)(2) of this section, 
    including a description of the time limitations as adjusted by the 
    determination and including a summary of the solicitation issued by 
    the Secretary for proposals pursuant to the program; and
        (B) summarizing applications that--
            (i) were submitted pursuant to a program of grants, 
        contracts, or cooperative agreements referred to in paragraph 
        (1) of subsection (b) of this section for which a determination 
        described in paragraph (2) of such subsection has not been made; 
        and
            (ii) were not processed in accordance with the time 
        limitations described in such paragraph (1).

(e) Quarterly reports for fiscal year 1989

    For fiscal year 1989, the report required in subsection (d) of this 
section shall, not less than quarterly, be prepared and submitted to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXIII, Sec. 2302, as added Pub. L. 100-
607, title II, Sec. 201(4), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3063.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 300cc-1, act July 1, 1944, Sec. 2302, was 
successively renumbered by subsequent acts and transferred, see section 
238a of this title.

                         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.
