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[CITE: 42USC300cc-16]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
  SUBCHAPTER XXI--RESEARCH WITH RESPECT TO ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY 
                                SYNDROME
 
                       Part B--Research Authority
 
Sec. 300cc-16. Research centers


(a) In general

    (1) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National 
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, may make grants to, and 
enter into contracts with, public and nonprofit private entities to 
assist such entities in planning, establishing, or strengthening, and 
providing basic operating support for, centers for basic and clinical 
research into, and training in, advanced diagnostic, prevention, and 
treatment methods for acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
    (2) A grant or contract under paragraph (1) shall be provided in 
accordance with policies established by the Secretary, acting through 
the Director of the National Institutes of Health, and after 
consultation with the advisory council for the National Institute of 
Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
    (3) The Secretary shall ensure that, as appropriate, clinical 
research programs carried out under paragraph (1) include as research 
subjects women, children, hemophiliacs, and minorities.

(b) Use of financial assistance

    (1) Financial assistance under subsection (a) of this section may be 
expended for--
        (A) the renovation or leasing of space;
        (B) staffing and other basic operating costs, including such 
    patient care costs as are required for clinical research;
        (C) clinical training with respect to acquired immune deficiency 
    syndrome (including such training for allied health professionals); 
    and
        (D) demonstration purposes, including projects in the long-term 
    monitoring and outpatient treatment of individuals infected with the 
    etiologic agent for such syndrome.

    (2) Financial assistance under subsection (a) of this section may 
not be expended to provide research training for which National Research 
Service Awards may be provided under section 288 of this title.

(c) Duration of support

    Support of a center under subsection (a) of this section may be for 
not more than 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.

(d) Authorization of appropriations

    For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXIII, Sec. 2316, as added Pub. L. 100-
607, title II, Sec. 201(4), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3071.)
