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[CITE: 42USC300cc-2]

 
                 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-2. Requirements with respect to processing of 
        requests for personnel and administrative support
        

(a) In general

    The Director of the Office of Personnel Management or the 
Administrator of General Services, as the case may be, shall respond to 
any priority request made by the Administrator of the Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration, the Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
or the Director of the National Institutes of Health, not later than 21 
days after the date on which such request is made. If the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management or the Administrator of General 
Services, as the case may be, does not disapprove a priority request 
during the 21-day period, the request shall be deemed to be approved.

(b) Notice to Secretary and to Assistant Secretary for Health

    The Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and the Director of the 
National Institutes of Health, shall, respectively, transmit to the 
Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Health a copy of each priority 
request made under this section by the agency head involved. The copy 
shall be transmitted on the date on which the priority request involved 
is made.

(c) ``Priority request'' defined

    For purposes of this section, the term ``priority request'' means 
any request that--
        (1) is designated as a priority request by the Administrator of 
    the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the 
    Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 
    Commissioner of Food and Drugs, or the Director of the National 
    Institutes of Health; and
        (2)(A) is made to the Director of the Office of Personnel 
    Management for the allocation of personnel to carry out activities 
    with respect to acquired immune deficiency syndrome; or
        (B) is made to the Administrator of General Services for 
    administrative support or space in carrying out such activities.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXIII, Sec. 2303, as added Pub. L. 100-
607, title II, Sec. 201(4), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3064; amended Pub. 
L. 102-321, title I, Secs. 161, 163(b)(7), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 375, 
376; Pub. L. 102-531, title III, Sec. 312(d)(17), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 
Stat. 3505.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 300cc-2, act July 1, 1944, Sec. 2303, was 
successively renumbered by subsequent acts and transferred, see section 
238b of this title.


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-531 substituted ``Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention'' for ``Centers for Disease Control''.
    Pub. L. 102-321, Sec. 161, substituted ``Administrator of the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration'' for 
``Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health 
Administration''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-531 substituted ``Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention'' for ``Centers for Disease Control''.
    Pub. L. 102-321, Sec. 163(b)(7)(A), substituted ``Administrator of 
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration'' for 
``Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health 
Administration''.
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 102-531 substituted ``Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention'' for ``Centers for Disease Control''.
    Pub. L. 102-321, Sec. 163(b)(7)(B), substituted ``Administrator of 
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration'' for 
``Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health 
Administration''.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-321 effective Oct. 1, 1992, see section 
801(c) of Pub. L. 102-321, set out as a note under section 236 of this 
title.
