I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6164 
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend 
the authorities of the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 
Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. 
RADANOVICH, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. UPTON, Mr. ROGERS of 
Kentucky, Mr. BUYER, Mrs. BONO, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. 
TERRY, Mr. BILBRAY, and Mr. BILIRAKIS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to 
revise and extend the authorities of the National Insti-
tutes of Health, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Organization of National Institutes of Health. 
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Sec. 3. Authority of Director of NIH. 
Sec. 4. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 5. Reports. 
Sec. 6. Certain demonstration projects. 
Sec. 7. Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. 
Sec. 8. Applicability. 
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF 
HEALTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 401 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 281) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 401. ORGANIZATION OF NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF 
HEALTH. 
‘‘(a) RELATION TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.—The 
National Institutes of Health is an agency of the Service. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
AND NA-
TIONAL CENTERS.—The following agencies of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health are national research institutes 
or national centers: 
‘‘(1) The National Cancer Institute. 
‘‘(2) The National Heart, Lung, and Blood In-
stitute. 
‘‘(3) The National Institute of Diabetes and Di-
gestive and Kidney Diseases. 
‘‘(4) The National Institute of Arthritis and 
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. 
‘‘(5) The National Institute on Aging. 
‘‘(6) The National Institute of Allergy and In-
fectious Diseases. 
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‘‘(7) The National Institute of Child Health 
and Human Development. 
‘‘(8) The National Institute of Dental and 
Craniofacial Research. 
‘‘(9) The National Eye Institute. 
‘‘(10) The National Institute of Neurological 
Disorders and Stroke. 
‘‘(11) The National Institute on Deafness and 
Other Communication Disorders. 
‘‘(12) The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse 
and Alcoholism. 
‘‘(13) The National Institute on Drug Abuse. 
‘‘(14) The National Institute of Mental Health. 
‘‘(15) The National Institute of General Med-
ical Sciences. 
‘‘(16) The National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences. 
‘‘(17) The National Institute of Nursing Re-
search. 
‘‘(18) The National Institute of Biomedical Im-
aging and Bioengineering. 
‘‘(19) The National Human Genome Research 
Institute. 
‘‘(20) The National Library of Medicine. 
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‘‘(21) The National Center for Research Re-
sources. 
‘‘(22) The John E. Fogarty International Cen-
ter for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences. 
‘‘(23) The National Center for Complementary 
and Alternative Medicine. 
‘‘(24) The National Center on Minority Health 
and Health Disparities. 
‘‘(25) Any other national center that, as an 
agency separate from any national research insti-
tute, was established within the National Institutes 
of Health as of the day before the date of the enact-
ment of the National Institutes of Health Reform 
Act of 2006. 
‘‘(c) DIVISION OF PROGRAM COORDINATION, PLAN-
NING, AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Within the Office of the 
Director of the National Institutes of Health, there 
shall be a Division of Program Coordination, Plan-
ning, and Strategic Initiatives (referred to in this 
subsection as the ‘Division’). 
‘‘(2) OFFICES WITHIN DIVISION.— 
‘‘(A) OFFICES.—The following offices are 
within the Division: The Office of AIDS Re-
search, the Office of Research on Women’s 
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Health, the Office of Behavioral and Social 
Sciences Research, the Office of Disease Pre-
vention, the Office of Dietary Supplements, the 
Office of Rare Diseases, and any other office lo-
cated within the Office of the Director of NIH 
as of the day before the date of the enactment 
of the National Institutes of Health Reform Act 
of 2006. In addition to such offices, the Direc-
tor of NIH may establish within the Division 
such additional offices or other administrative 
units as the Director determines to be appro-
priate. 
‘‘(B) AUTHORITIES.—Each office in the 
Division— 
‘‘(i) shall continue to carry out the 
authorities that were in effect for the office 
before the date of enactment referred to in 
subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) shall, as determined appropriate 
by the Director of NIH, support the Divi-
sion with respect to the authorities de-
scribed in section 402(b)(7). 
‘‘(d) ORGANIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) NUMBER OF INSTITUTES AND CENTERS.— 
In the National Institutes of Health, the number of 
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national research institutes and national centers 
may not exceed a total of 27, including any such in-
stitutes or centers established under authority of 
paragraph (2) or under authority of this title as in 
effect on the day before the date of the enactment 
of the National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 
2006. 
‘‘(2) REORGANIZATION
OF
INSTITUTES
AND 
CENTERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sub-
section (b), and subject to paragraph (1), the 
Director of NIH may, with the approval of the 
Secretary, reorganize the national research in-
stitutes and the national centers, including the 
addition, removal, or transfer of functions of 
such institutes and centers, and the establish-
ment or termination of such institutes and cen-
ters, if the Director determines that the overall 
mission of the National Institutes of Health, or 
the management and operation of programs 
and activities conducted or supported by the 
National Institutes of Health, would be more 
efficiently carried out under such a reorganiza-
tion. 
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