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ment Program established in subpart III of part D of title
III, the provisions of such subpart shall, except as inconsist-
ent with subsection (a) of this section, apply to the program
established in such subsection (a) in the same manner and
to the same extent as such provisions apply to the National
Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established
in such subpart.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each
of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.’’.
Subtitle C—Loan Repayment for
Research Generally
SEC. 1621. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.
Part G of title IV of the Public Health Service Act,
as redesignated by section 141(a)(2) of this Act and as
amended by section 1002 of this Act, is amended by insert-
ing after section 487B the following new section:
‘‘LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH GENERALLY
‘‘SEC. 487C. (a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY
FOR
PROGRAM.—Subject to
paragraph (2), the Secretary shall carry out a pro-
gram of entering into agreements with appropriately
qualified health professionals under which such health
professionals agree to conduct research, as employees
of the National Institutes of Health, in consideration
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of the Federal Government agreeing to repay, for each
year of such service, not more than $20,000 of the
principal and interest of the educational loans of such
health professionals.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not enter
into an agreement with a health professional pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) unless such professional—
‘‘(A) has a substantial amount of edu-
cational loans relative to income; and
‘‘(B) agrees to serve as an employee of the
National Institutes of Health for purposes of
paragraph (1) for a period of not less than 3
years.
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—With
respect to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repay-
ment Program established in subpart III of part D of title
III, the provisions of such subpart shall, except as inconsist-
ent with subsection (a) of this section, apply to the program
established in such subsection (a) in the same manner and
to the same extent as such provisions apply to the National
Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established
in such subpart.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this section other than with respect
to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, there are author-
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ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.’’.
Subtitle D—Scholarship and Loan
Repayment Programs Regarding
Professional Skills Needed by
Certain Agencies
SEC. 1631. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAMS FOR NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.
Part G of title IV of the Public Health Service Act,
as redesignated by section 141(a)(2) of this Act and as
amended by section 1621 of this Act, is amended by insert-
ing after section 487C the following new sections:
‘‘UNDERGRADUATE
SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM
REGARDING
PROFESSIONS NEEDED BY NATIONAL RESEARCH IN-
STITUTES
‘‘SEC. 487D. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Subject 
to 
section
487(a)(1)(C), the Secretary, acting through the Direc-
tor of NIH, may carry out a program of entering into
contracts with individuals described in paragraph (2)
under which—
‘‘(A) the Director of NIH agrees to provide
to the individuals scholarships for pursuing, as
undergraduates at accredited institutions of
higher education, academic programs appro-
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priate for careers in professions needed by the
National Institutes of Health; and
‘‘(B) the individuals agree to serve as em-
ployees of the National Institutes of Health, for
the period described in subsection (c), in posi-
tions that are needed by the National Institutes
of Health and for which the individuals are
qualified.
‘‘(2) INDIVIDUALS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACK-
GROUNDS.—The individuals referred to in paragraph
(1) are individuals who—
‘‘(A) are enrolled or accepted for enrollment
as full-time undergraduates at accredited institu-
tions of higher education; and
‘‘(B) are from disadvantaged backgrounds.
‘‘(b) FACILITATION OF INTEREST OF STUDENTS IN CA-
REERS AT NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.—In provid-
ing employment to individuals pursuant to contracts under
subsection (a)(1), the Director of NIH shall carry out ac-
tivities to facilitate the interest of the individuals in pursu-
ing careers as employees of the National Institutes of
Health.
‘‘(c) PERIOD OF OBLIGATED SERVICE.—
‘‘(1) DURATION OF SERVICE.—For purposes of
subparagraph (B) of subsection (a)(1), the period of
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service for which an individual is obligated to serve
as an employee of the National Institutes of Health
is, subject to paragraph (2)(A), 12 months for each
academic year for which the scholarship under such
subsection is provided.
‘‘(2) SCHEDULE FOR SERVICE.—
‘‘(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Di-
rector of NIH may not provide a scholarship
under subsection (a) unless the individual apply-
ing for the scholarship agrees that—
‘‘(i) the individual will serve as an em-
ployee of the National Institutes of Health
full-time for not less than 10 consecutive
weeks of each year during which the indi-
vidual is attending the educational institu-
tion involved and receiving such a scholar-
ship;
‘‘(ii) the period of service as such an
employee that the individual is obligated to
provide under clause (i) is in addition to
the period of service as such an employee
that the individual is obligated to provide
under subsection (a)(1)(B); and
‘‘(iii) not later than 60 days after ob-
taining the educational degree involved, the
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individual will begin serving full-time as
such an employee in satisfaction of the pe-
riod of service that the individual is obli-
gated to provide under subsection (a)(1)(B).
‘‘(B) The Director of NIH may defer the ob-
ligation of an individual to provide a period of
service under subsection (a)(1)(B), if the Direc-
tor determines that such a deferral is appro-
priate.
‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS RE-
LATING TO APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION.—For
any period in which an individual provides service as
an employee of the National Institutes of Health in
satisfaction of the obligation of the individual under
subsection (a)(1)(B) or paragraph (2)(A)(i), the indi-
vidual may be appointed as such an employee with-
out regard to the provisions of title 5, United States
Code, relating to appointment and compensation.
‘‘(d) PROVISIONS REGARDING SCHOLARSHIP.—
‘‘(1) APPROVAL
OF
ACADEMIC
PROGRAM.—The
Director of NIH may not provide a scholarship under
subsection (a) for an academic year unless—
‘‘(A) the individual applying for the schol-
arship has submitted to the Director a proposed
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may enter into a contract with the institution under
which the amounts provided in the scholarship for
tuition and other educational expenses are paid di-
rectly to the institution.
‘‘(e) PENALTIES FOR BREACH OF SCHOLARSHIP CON-
TRACT.—The provisions of section 338E shall apply to the
program established in subsection (a) to the same extent
and in the same manner as such provisions apply to the
National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program
established in section 338B.
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENT OF APPLICATION.—The Director of
NIH may not provide a scholarship under subsection (a)
unless an application for the scholarship is submitted to
the Director and the application is in such form, is made
in such manner, and contains such agreements, assurances,
and information as the Director determines to be necessary
to carry out this section.
‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—Amounts appropriated for a fiscal year for
scholarships under this section shall remain available until
the expiration of the second fiscal year beginning after the
fiscal year for which the amounts were appropriated.
‘‘LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM REGARDING CLINICAL
RESEARCHERS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS
‘‘SEC. 487E. (a) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM.—
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‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Subject 
to 
section
487(a)(1)(C), the Secretary, acting through the Direc-
tor of NIH may, subject to paragraph (2), carry out
a program of entering into contracts with appro-
priately qualified health professionals who are from
disadvantaged backgrounds under which such health
professionals agree to conduct clinical research as em-
ployees of the National Institutes of Health in consid-
eration of the Federal Government agreeing to pay,
for each year of such service, not more than $20,000
of the principal and interest of the educational loans
of the health professionals.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Director of NIH may
not enter into a contract with a health professional
pursuant to paragraph (1) unless such professional
has a substantial amount of education loans relative
to income.
‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS RE-
GARDING OBLIGATED SERVICE.—Except to the extent
inconsistent with this section, the provisions of sec-
tions 338C and 338E shall apply to the program es-
tablished in paragraph (1) to the same extent and in
the same manner as such provisions apply to the Na-
tional Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Pro-
gram established in section 338B.
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‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—Amounts appropriated for a fiscal year for
contracts under subsection (a) shall remain available until
the expiration of the second fiscal year beginning after the
fiscal year for which the amounts were appropriated.’’.
SEC. 1632. FUNDING.
Section 487(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 288(a)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ after
the semicolon at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) provide contracts for scholarships and loan
repayments in accordance with sections 487D and
487E, subject to providing not more than an aggre-
gate 50 such contracts during the fiscal years 1994
through 1996.’’.
Subtitle E—Funding
SEC. 1641. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 487(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 288(d)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by amending the sen-
tence to read as follows: ‘‘For the purpose of carrying
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out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $400,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
1995 and 1996.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘one-half of one percent’’
each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘1
percent’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘780, 784, or 786,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘747, 748, or 749,’’.
TITLE XVII—NATIONAL FOUNDA-
TION FOR BIOMEDICAL RE-
SEARCH
SEC. 1701. DATE CERTAIN FOR APPOINTMENT OF BOARD
MEMBERS.
Section 499 of the Public Health Service Act, as redes-
ignated by section 121(b)(3) of this Act, is amended in sub-
section (c)(1)(C) by inserting after and below clause (iii)
the following:
‘‘Not later than April 1, 1993, the Secretary
shall convene a meeting of the ex officio members
of the Board for the purpose of making the ap-
pointments required in this subparagraph.’’.
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SEC. 1702. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Section 499 of the Public Health Service Act, as redes-
ignated by section 121(b)(3) of this Act, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting after
‘‘Secretary’’ the following: ‘‘, acting through the
Director of NIH,’’; and
(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘the
purposes of’’ and all that follows through
‘‘Transfer Act,’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘the
purposes of the Ethics in Government Act of
1978 and the Stevenson-Wydler Technology In-
novation Act of 1980,’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘Ethics’’
and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘Eth-
ics in Government Act of 1978, and the Stevenson-
Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980.’’;
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in subparagraph (A), in the second
sentence, by inserting ‘‘, except the ex officio
members,’’ after ‘‘Foundation’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (B), in the mat-
ter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘Coun-
cil’’ and inserting ‘‘Board’’; and
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(iii) in subparagraph (C), in the first
sentence, by striking ‘‘Council’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Board’’; and
(B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘para-
graph 
(2)(C)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘paragraph
(1)(C)’’;
(4) in subsection (g)(8), by striking ‘‘subtitle’’
and inserting ‘‘part’’; and
(5) in subsection (i)(1), by striking ‘‘1995’’ and
inserting ‘‘1996’’.
TITLE 
XVIII—RESEARCH 
WITH
RESPECT TO ACQUIRED IM-
MUNE 
DEFICIENCY 
SYN-
DROME
Subtitle A—Office of AIDS Research
SEC. 1801. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part D of title XXIII of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300cc-41 et seq.) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking the part designation and the
heading for the part;
(2) by redesignating section 2351 as section
2354; and
(3) by inserting before section 2354 (as so redes-
ignated) the following:
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‘‘PART D—OFFICE OF AIDS RESEARCH
‘‘Subpart I—Interagency Coordination of Activities
‘‘SEC. 2351. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established within the
National Institutes of Health an office to be known as the
Office of AIDS Research. The Office shall be headed by a
director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary.
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—
‘‘(1) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION OF AIDS AC-
TIVITIES.—With respect to acquired immune defi-
ciency syndrome, the Director of the Office shall plan,
coordinate, and evaluate research and other activities
conducted or supported by the agencies of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health.
‘‘(2) CONSULTATIONS.—The Director of the Of-
fice shall carry out this subpart (including developing
and revising the plan required in section 2353) in
consultation with the heads of the agencies of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health, with the advisory councils
of the agencies, and with the advisory council estab-
lished under section 2352.
‘‘SEC. 2352. ADVISORY COUNCIL.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish an
advisory council for the purpose of providing advice to the
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Director of the Office on carrying out this part. (Such coun-
cil is referred to in this section as the ‘Advisory Council’.)
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION, COMPENSATION, TERMS, CHAIR,
ETC.—Subsections (b) through (g) of section 406 apply to
the Advisory Council to the same extent and in the same
manner as such subsections apply to advisory councils for
the national research institutes, except that, in addition to
the ex officio members specified in section 406(b)(2), there
shall serve as ex officio members of the Advisory Council
the chairs of the advisory councils for each of the National
Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Allergy and In-
fectious Diseases, and the National Institute on Mental
Health.
‘‘SEC. 2353. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR EXPENDITURE OF
APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of this
section and other applicable law, the Director of the Office,
in carrying out section 2351, shall—
‘‘(1) establish a comprehensive plan for the con-
duct and support of all AIDS activities of the agen-
cies of the National Institutes of Health (which plan
shall be first established under this paragraph not
later than 12 months after the date of the enactment
of the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act
of 1993);
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‘‘(2) ensure that the Plan establishes priorities
among the AIDS activities that such agencies are au-
thorized to carry out;
‘‘(3) ensure that the Plan establishes objectives
regarding such activities, describes the means for
achieving the objectives, and designates the date by
which the objectives are expected to be achieved;
‘‘(4) ensure that all amounts appropriated for
such activities are expended in accordance with the
Plan;
‘‘(5) review the Plan not less than annually, and
revise the Plan as appropriate; and
‘‘(6) ensure that the Plan serves as a broad,
binding statement of policies regarding AIDS activi-
ties of the agencies, but does not remove the respon-
sibility of the heads of the agencies for the approval
of specific programs or projects, or for other details of
the daily administration of such activities, in accord-
ance with the Plan.
‘‘(b) CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF PLAN.—With respect
to AIDS activities of the agencies of the National Institutes
of Health, the Director of the Office shall ensure that the
Plan—
‘‘(1) provides for basic research;
‘‘(2) provides for applied research;
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‘‘(3) provides for research that is conducted by
the agencies;
‘‘(4) provides for research that is supported by
the agencies;
‘‘(5) provides for proposals developed pursuant to
solicitations by the agencies and for proposals devel-
oped independently of such solicitations; and
‘‘(6) provides for behavioral research and social
sciences research.
‘‘(c) BUDGET ESTIMATES.—
‘‘(1) FULL-FUNDING BUDGET.—
‘‘(A) With respect to a fiscal year, the Di-
rector of the Office shall prepare and submit di-
rectly to the President, for review and transmit-
tal to the Congress, a budget estimate for carry-
ing out the Plan for the fiscal year, after reason-
able opportunity for comment (but without
change) by the Secretary, the Director of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health, and the advisory
council established under section 2352. The budg-
et estimate shall include an estimate of the num-
ber and type of personnel needs for the Office.
‘‘(B) The budget estimate submitted under
subparagraph (A) shall estimate the amounts
necessary for the agencies of the National Insti-
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tutes of Health to carry out all AIDS activities
determined by the Director of the Office to be ap-
propriate, without regard to the probability that
such amounts will be appropriated.
‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE BUDGETS.—
‘‘(A) With respect to a fiscal year, the Di-
rector of the Office shall prepare and submit to
the Secretary and the Director of the National
Institutes of Health the budget estimates de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) for carrying out the
Plan for the fiscal year. The Secretary and such
Director shall consider each of such estimates in
making recommendations to the President re-
garding a budget for the Plan for such year.
‘‘(B) With respect to the fiscal year in-
volved, the budget estimates referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) for the Plan are as follows:
‘‘(i) The budget estimate submitted
under paragraph (1).
‘‘(ii) A budget estimate developed on
the assumption that the amounts appro-
priated will be sufficient only for—
‘‘(I) continuing the conduct by the
agencies of the National Institutes of
Health of existing AIDS activities (if
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approved for continuation), and con-
tinuing the support of such activities
by the agencies in the case of projects
or programs for which the agencies
have made a commitment of continued
support; and
‘‘(II) carrying out, of activities
that are in addition to activities speci-
fied in subclause (I), only such activi-
ties for which the Director determines
there is the most substantial need.
‘‘(iii) Such other budget estimates as
the Director of the Office determines to be
appropriate.
‘‘(d) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For
the purpose of carrying out AIDS activities under the
Plan, there are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
1994 through 1996.
‘‘(2) DIRECT
RECEIPT
BY
DIRECTOR
OF
NA-
TIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.—For the first fiscal
year beginning after the date on which the Plan first
established under section 2353(a)(1) has been in effect
for 12 months, and for each subsequent fiscal year, the
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Director of the National Institutes of Health shall re-
ceive directly from the President and the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget all funds avail-
able for AIDS activities of the National Institutes of
Health.
‘‘(3) DISBURSEMENT TO AGENCIES.—
‘‘(A) With respect to the disbursement by
the Director of the National Institutes of Health
of amounts for carrying out AIDS activities
specified in subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii)(I) for the fis-
cal year involved, the Director shall, to the extent
practicable, disburse all of such amounts to the
agencies of such Institutes not later than 30 days
after the date on which the Director receives
amounts under paragraph (2).
‘‘(B) With respect to the disbursement by
the Director of the National Institutes of Health
of amounts for carrying out AIDS activities of
the National Institutes of Health in addition to
the activities specified in subparagraph (A) for
the fiscal year, the Director shall, to the extent
practicable, disburse all of such amounts to the
agencies of the National Institutes of Health not
later than 90 days after the date on which the
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Director receives amounts under paragraph
(2).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2354 of the
Public Health Service Act, as redesignated by subsection
(a)(2) of this section, is amended—
(1) in the heading for the section, by striking
‘‘ESTABLISHMENT
OF’’ and inserting ‘‘ADDI-
TIONAL’’;
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by striking ‘‘In carrying out’’ and all that fol-
lows and inserting the following: ‘‘In carrying
out AIDS research, the Director of the Of-
fice—’’;
(B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and
redesignating paragraphs (3) through (8) as
paragraphs (1) through (6);
(C) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated),
by striking ‘‘may’’ and all that follows in the
matter preceding subparagraph (A) and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘may support—’’;
(D) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)—
(i) in subparagraph (A)—
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‘‘(I) by striking ‘‘may’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘acquire,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘may acquire,’’; and
‘‘(II) by striking ‘‘Director’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘determines’’
and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office
determines’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘may’’ and all that follows through ‘‘make
grants’’ and inserting ‘‘may make grants’’;
and
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking
‘‘may’’ and all that follows through ‘‘ac-
quire,’’ and inserting ‘‘may acquire,’’; and
(E) in each of paragraphs (2), (3)(A), and
(4) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘research re-
lating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome’’
and inserting ‘‘AIDS research’’;
(3) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Director’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘The Di-
rector of the Office shall’’; and
(4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the Director’’
and all that follows through ‘‘shall’’ and inserting
‘‘the Director of the Office shall’’.
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SEC. 
1802. 
ESTABLISHMENT 
OF 
EMERGENCY 
DISCRE-
TIONARY FUND.
Part D of title XXIII of the Public Health Service Act,
as amended by section 1801 of this Act, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following subpart:
‘‘Subpart II—Emergency Discretionary Fund
‘‘SEC. 2356. EMERGENCY DISCRETIONARY FUND.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a
fund consisting of such amounts as may be appro-
priated under subsection (g). Subject to the provisions
of this section, the Director of the Office, after con-
sultation with the advisory council established under
section 2352, may expend amounts in the Fund for
the purpose of conducting and supporting such
projects of AIDS research and other AIDS activities
as may be authorized in this Act for the National In-
stitutes Health.
‘‘(2) PRECONDITIONS
TO
USE
OF
FUND.—
Amounts in the Fund may be expended for an AIDS
project only if—
‘‘(A) the Director of the Office has made a
determination that there is a significant need for
the project; and
‘‘(B) as of June 30 of the fiscal year preced-
ing the fiscal year in which the determination is
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made, such need was not provided for in any ap-
propriations Act passed by the House of Rep-
resentatives to make appropriations for the De-
partments of Labor, Health and Human Services
(including the National Institutes of Health),
Education, and related agencies for the fiscal
year in which the determination is made.
‘‘(3) TWO-YEAR USE OF FUND FOR PROJECT IN-
VOLVED.—In the case of an AIDS project, obligations
of amounts in the Fund may not be made for the
project after the expiration of the 2-year period begin-
ning on the date on which the initial obligation of
such amounts is made for the project.
‘‘(b) PEER REVIEW.—With respect to an AIDS project
carried out with amounts in the Fund, this section may
not be construed as waiving applicable requirements for
peer review.
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUND.—
‘‘(1) CONSTRUCTION
OF
FACILITIES.—Amounts
in the Fund may not be used for the construction,
renovation, or relocation of facilities, or for the acqui-
sition of land.
‘‘(2) 
CONGRESSIONAL
DISAPPROVAL
OF
PROJECTS.—
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(c) 
VACCINES
FOR
HUMAN
IMMUNODEFICIENCY
VIRUS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services, acting through the National Insti-
tutes of Health, shall develop a plan for the appro-
priate inclusion of HIV-infected women, including
pregnant women, HIV-infected infants, and HIV-in-
fected children in studies conducted by or through the
National Institutes of Health concerning the safety
and efficacy of HIV vaccines for the treatment and
prevention of HIV infection. Such plan shall ensure
the full participation of other Federal agencies cur-
rently conducting HIV vaccine studies and require
that such studies conform fully to the requirements of
part 46 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall prepare and sub-
mit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
House of Representatives, and the Committee on
Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report
concerning the plan developed under paragraph (1).
(3) 
IMPLEMENTATION.—Not 
later 
than 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall imple-