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istration, the National Center for Health Statistics,
the Administration on Aging, the National Council
on the Aging, the American Dietetic Association, the
American Academy of Family Physicians, and such
other agencies or organizations as the Secretary de-
termines to be appropriate.
(3) COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.—
(A) COMPENSATION.—Each member of the
advisory panel who is not an employee of the
Federal Government shall receive compensation
at the daily equivalent of the rate specified for
level V of the Executive Schedule under section
5316 of title 5, United States Code, for each
day the member is engaged in the performance
of duties for the advisory panel, including at-
tendance at meetings and conferences of the
panel, and travel to conduct the duties of the
panel.
(B) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of
the advisory panel shall receive travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at
rates authorized for employees of agencies
under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5,
United States Code, for each day the member
is engaged in the performance of duties away
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from the home or regular place of business of
the member.
(4) DETAIL OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—On the
request of the advisory panel, the head of any Fed-
eral agency shall detail, without reimbursement, any
of the personnel of the agency to the advisory panel
to assist the advisory panel in carrying out its du-
ties. Any detail shall not interrupt or otherwise af-
fect the civil service status or privileges of the Fed-
eral employee.
(5) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—On the request
of the advisory panel, the head of a Federal agency
shall provide such technical assistance to the advi-
sory panel as the advisory panel determines to be
necessary to carry out its duties.
(6) TERMINATION.—Notwithstanding section
15 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.), the advisory panel shall terminate 3 years
after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1903. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ON CHRONIC FATIGUE
SYNDROME.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall,
not later than May 1, 1993, and annually thereafter for
the next 3 years, prepare and submit to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives
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and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of
the Senate, a report that summarizes the research activi-
ties conducted or supported by the National Institutes of
Health concerning chronic fatigue syndrome. Such report
should include information concerning grants made, coop-
erative agreements or contracts entered into, intramural
activities, research priorities and needs, and a plan to ad-
dress such priorities and needs.
SEC. 1904. REPORT ON MEDICAL USES OF BIOLOGICAL
AGENTS IN DEVELOPMENT OF DEFENSES
AGAINST BIOLOGICAL WARFARE.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in con-
sultation with other appropriate executive agencies, shall
report to the House Energy and Commerce Committee
and the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
on the appropriateness and impact of the National Insti-
tutes of Health assuming responsibility for the conduct of
all Federal research, development, testing, and evaluation
functions relating to medical countermeasures against
biowarfare threat agents. In preparing the report, the Sec-
retary shall identify the extent to which such activities are
carried out by agencies other than the National Institutes
of Health, and assess the impact (positive and negative)
of the National Institutes of Health assuming responsibil-
ity for such activities, including the impact under the
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Budget Enforcement Act and the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1990 on existing National Institutes of
Health research programs as well as other programs with-
in the category of domestic discretionary spending. The
Secretary shall submit the report not later than 12 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1905. PERSONNEL STUDY OF RECRUITMENT, RETEN-
TION AND TURNOVER.
(a) STUDY OF PERSONNEL SYSTEM.—Not later than
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through
the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall
conduct a study to review the retention, recruitment, va-
cancy and turnover rates of support staff, including fire-
fighters, law enforcement, procurement officers, techni-
cians, nurses and clerical employees, to ensure that the
National Institutes of Health is adequately supporting the
conduct of efficient, effective and high quality research for
the American public. The Director of NIH shall work in
conjunction with appropriate employee organizations and
representatives in developing such a study.
(b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall prepare and
submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
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House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor
and Human Resources of the Senate, a report containing
the study conducted under subsection (a) together with
the recommendations of the Secretary concerning the en-
actment of legislation to implement the results of such
study.
SEC. 1906. PROCUREMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National In-
stitutes of Health and the Administrator of the General
Services Administration shall jointly conduct a study to
develop a streamlined procurement system for the Na-
tional Institutes of Health that complies with the require-
ments of Federal law.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 1994, the of-
ficials specified in subsection (a) shall complete the study
required in such subsection and shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Labor and Human Re-
sources of the Senate, a report describing the findings
made as a result of the study.
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TITLE XX—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 2001. DESIGNATION OF SENIOR BIOMEDICAL RE-
SEARCH SERVICE IN HONOR OF SILVIO O.
CONTE, AND LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF
MEMBERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 228(a) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 237(a)), as added by sec-
tion 304 of Public Law 101–509, is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(a)(1) There shall be in the Public Health Service
a Silvio O. Conte Senior Biomedical Research Service, not
to exceed 750 members.
‘‘(2) The authority established in paragraph (1) re-
garding the number of members in the Silvio O. Conte
Senior Biomedical Research Service is in addition to any
authority established regarding the number of members
in the commissioned Regular Corps, in the Reserve Corps,
and in the Senior Executive Service. Such paragraph may
not be construed to require that the number of members
in the commissioned Regular Corps, in the Reserve Corps,
or in the Senior Executive Service be reduced to offset
the number of members serving in the Silvio O. Conte Sen-
ior Biomedical Research Service (hereafter in this section
referred to as the ‘Service’).’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 228 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 237), as added by
section 304 of Public Law 101–509, is amended in the
heading for the section by amending the heading to read
as follows:
‘‘SILVIO O. CONTE SENIOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
SERVICE’’.
SEC. 2002. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) TITLE IV.—Title IV of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 281 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 406—
(A) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking
‘‘Veterans’ Administration’’ each place such
term appears and inserting ‘‘Department of
Veterans Affairs’’; and
(B) in subsection (h)(2)(A)(v), by striking
‘‘Veterans’ Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
partment of Veterans Affairs’’;
(2) in section 408, in subsection (b) (as redesig-
nated by section 501(c)(1)(C) of this Act), by strik-
ing ‘‘Veterans’ Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
partment of Veterans Affairs’’;
(3) in section 421(b)(1), by inserting a comma
after ‘‘may’’;
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(4) in section 428(b), in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the the’’ and inserting
‘‘the’’;
(5) in section 430(b)(2)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘Vet-
erans’ Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Department
of Veterans Affairs’’;
(6) in section 439(b), by striking ‘‘Veterans’
Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of Vet-
erans Affairs’’;
(7) in section 442(b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘Veter-
ans’ Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of
Veterans Affairs’’;
(8) in section 464D(b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘Vet-
erans’ Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Department
of Veterans Affairs’’;
(9) in section 464E—
(A) in subsection (d), in the first sentence,
by inserting ‘‘Coordinating’’ before ‘‘Commit-
tee’’; and
(B) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘Coordi-
nating’’ before ‘‘Committee’’ the first place
such term appears;
(10) in section 464P(b)(6) (as added by section
123 of Public Law 102–321 (106 Stat. 362)), by
striking ‘‘Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Institute’’;
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(11) in section 466(a)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘Vet-
erans’ Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Department
of Veterans Affairs’’;
(12) in section 480(b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘Vet-
erans’ Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Department
of Veterans Affairs’’;
(13) in section 485(b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘Vet-
erans’ Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Department
of Veterans Affairs’’;
(14) in section 487(d)(3), by striking ‘‘section
304(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 304(a)’’; and
(15) in section 496(a), by striking ‘‘Such ap-
propriations,’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Appro-
priations to carry out the purposes of this title,’’.
(b) TITLE XXIII.—Part A of title XXIII of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300cc et seq.) is amend-
ed—
(1) in section 2304—
(A) in the heading for the section, by strik-
ing ‘‘CLINICAL
RESEARCH
REVIEW
COM-
MITTEE’’ and inserting ‘‘RESEARCH
ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE’’; and
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘AIDS
Clinical Research Review Committee’’ and in-
serting ‘‘AIDS Research Advisory Committee’’;
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(2) in section 2312(a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘AIDS
Clinical Research Review Committee’’ and inserting
‘‘AIDS Research Advisory Committee’’;
(3) in section 2314(a)(1), in the matter preced-
ing subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Clinical Research
Review Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘AIDS Research
Advisory Committee’’;
(4) in section 2317(d)(1), by striking ‘‘Clinical
Research Review Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘AIDS
Research Advisory Committee established under sec-
tion 2304’’; and
(5) in section 2318(b)(3), by striking ‘‘Clinical
Research Review Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘AIDS
Research Advisory Committee’’.
SEC. 2003. BIENNIAL REPORT ON CARCINOGENS.
Section 301(b)(4) of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 241(b)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘an annual’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘a biennial’’.
SEC. 2004. MASTER PLAN FOR PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR RESEARCH.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, acting through the Director of the National In-
stitutes of Health, shall present to the Congress a master
plan to provide for the replacement or refurbishment of
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less than adequate buildings, utility equipment and dis-
tribution systems (including the resources that provide
electrical and other utilities, chilled water, air handling,
and other services that the Secretary, acting through the
Director, deems necessary), roads, walkways, parking
areas, and grounds that underpin the laboratory and clini-
cal facilities of the National Institutes of Health. Such
plan may make recommendations for the undertaking of
new projects that are consistent with the objectives of this
section, such as encircling the National Institutes of
Health Federal enclave with an adequate chilled water
conduit.
SEC. 2005. TRANSFER OF PROVISIONS OF TITLE XXVII.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), as amended by section 101 of
Public Law 101–381 and section 304 of Public Law 101–
509, is amended—
(1) by transferring sections 2701 through 2714
to title II;
(2) by redesignating such sections as sections
231 through 244, respectively;
(3) by inserting such sections, in the appro-
priate sequence, after section 228;
(4) by inserting before section 201 the following
new heading:
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‘‘PART A—ADMINISTRATION’’; and
(5) by inserting before section 231 (as redesig-
nated by paragraph (2) of this subsection) the fol-
lowing new heading:
‘‘Part B—Miscellaneous Provisions’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The 
Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in the heading for title II, by inserting
‘‘AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS’’ after
‘‘ADMINISTRATION’’;
(2) in section 406(a)(2), by striking ‘‘2701’’
and inserting ‘‘231’’;
(3) in section 465(f), by striking ‘‘2701’’ and
inserting ‘‘231’’;
(4) in section 480(a)(2), by striking ‘‘2701’’
and inserting ‘‘231’’;
(5) in section 485(a)(2), by striking ‘‘2701’’
and inserting ‘‘231’’;
(6) in section 497, by striking ‘‘2701’’ and in-
serting ‘‘231’’;
(7) in section 505(a)(2), by striking ‘‘2701’’
and inserting ‘‘231’’;
(8) in section 926(b), by striking ‘‘2711’’ each
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘241’’; and
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(9) in title XXVII, by striking the heading for
such title.
SEC. 2006. CERTAIN AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 399L(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 280e–4(a)), as added by Public Law 102–515 (106
Stat. 3376), is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the Sec-
retary’’ and all that follows and inserting the follow-
ing: ‘‘there are authorized to be appropriated
$30,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995
through 1997.’’; and
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Out of
any amounts used’’ and inserting ‘‘Of the amounts
appropriated under the preceding sentence’’.
TITLE XXI—EFFECTIVE DATES
SEC. 2101. EFFECTIVE DATES.
Subject to section 155, this Act and the amendments
made by this Act take effect upon the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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