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authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, $36,690,000
is for the Department of Justice; $36,690,000 is for the De-
partment of Health and Human Services Office of the In-
spector General; and $25,000,000 is for the Department of
Health and Human Services: Provided, That the report re-
quired by section 1817(k)(5) of such Act for fiscal year 2008
shall include measures of the operational efficiency and im-
pact on fraud, waste and abuse in the Medicare and Med-
icaid programs of the funds provided by this appropriation.
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the
Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C.
chapter 9), $2,949,713,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal
year 2009, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
For making payments to each State for carrying out
the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children
under title IV–A of the Social Security Act before the effec-
tive date of the program of Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) with respect to such State, such sums as
may be necessary: Provided, That the sum of the amounts
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available to a State with respect to expenditures under such
title IV–A in fiscal year 1997 under this appropriation and
under such title IV–A as amended by the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
shall not exceed the limitations under section 116(b) of such
Act.
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year,
payments to States or other non-Federal entities under ti-
tles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security
Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. chapter 9), for
the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unantici-
pated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums
as may be necessary.
LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
For making payments under section 2604(a)–(d) of the
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42
U.S.C. 8623(a)–(d)), $1,980,000,000.
For making payments under section 2604(e) of the
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42
U.S.C. 8623(e)), $431,585,000, notwithstanding the des-
ignation requirement of section 2602(e) of such Act.
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assist-
ance activities and for costs associated with the care and
placement of unaccompanied alien children authorized by
title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act and section
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501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, for
carrying out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of
2002, and for carrying out the Torture Victims Relief Act
of 1998, $652,394,000, of which up to $9,814,000 shall be
available to carry out the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000: Provided, That funds appropriated under this
heading pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act and section 462 of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 for fiscal year 2008 shall be available for the
costs of assistance provided and other activities to remain
available through September 30, 2010.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
For carrying out the Child Care and Development
Block Grant Act of 1990, $2,094,581,000 shall be used to
supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds for
child care assistance for low-income families: Provided,
That $18,777,370 shall be available for child care resource
and referral and school-aged child care activities, of which
$982,080 shall be for the Child Care Aware toll-free hotline:
Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts required
to be reserved by the States under section 658G,
$267,785,718 shall be reserved by the States for activities
authorized under section 658G, of which $98,208,000 shall
be for activities that improve the quality of infant and tod-
dler care: Provided further, That $9,821,000 shall be for use
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by the Secretary for child care research, demonstration, and
evaluation activities.
In addition, $5,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2009, shall be for carrying out the small
business child care grant program under section 8303 of
the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recov-
ery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007.
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002
of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of
such Act, the applicable percent specified under such sub-
paragraph for a State to carry out State programs pursu-
ant to title XX of such Act shall be 10 percent.
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Dis-
abilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start
Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sec-
tions 310 and 316 of the Family Violence Prevention and
Services Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974,
title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and
Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), sec-
tions 330F and 330G of the Public Health Service Act, the
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, sections 261 and
291 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, part B(1) of
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title IV and sections 413, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Secu-
rity Act; for making payments under the Community Serv-
ices Block Grant Act, sections 439(i), 473B, and 477(i) of
the Social Security Act, and the Assets for Independence
Act, and for necessary administrative expenses to carry out
such Acts and titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX
of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960 (24
U.S.C. chapter 9), the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-
ance Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance
Act of 1980, and section 505 of the Family Support Act
of 1988, $9,220,695,000, of which $4,400,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2009, shall be for grants to
States for adoption incentive payments, as authorized by
section 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made
for adoptions completed before September 30, 2008: Pro-
vided, That $7,042,196,000 shall be for making payments
under the Head Start Act, of which $1,388,800,000 shall
become available October 1, 2008, and remain available
through September 30, 2009: Provided further, That
$706,125,000 shall be for making payments under the Com-
munity Services Block Grant Act: Provided further, That
not less than $8,000,000 shall be for section 680(3)(B) of
the Community Services Block Grant Act: Provided further,
That in addition to amounts provided herein, $6,000,000
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shall be available from amounts available under section 241
of the Public Health Service Act to carry out the provisions
of section 1110 of the Social Security Act: Provided further,
That to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds
are distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible enti-
ty as provided under the Act, and have not been expended
by such entity, they shall remain with such entity for carry-
over into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity
consistent with program purposes: Provided further, That
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish
procedures regarding the disposition of intangible property
which permits grant funds, or intangible assets acquired
with funds authorized under section 680 of the Community
Services Block Grant Act to become the sole property of such
grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after the
end of the grant for purposes and uses consistent with the
original grant: Provided further, That funds appropriated
for section 680(a)(2) of the Community Services Block
Grant Act shall be available for financing construction and
rehabilitation and loans or investments in private business
enterprises owned by community development corporations:
Provided further, That $53,625,000 is for a compassion
capital fund to provide grants to charitable organizations
to emulate model social service programs and to encourage
research on the best practices of social service organizations:
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Provided further, That $18,820,000 shall be for activities
authorized by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, of which
$12,920,000 shall be for payments to States to promote ac-
cess for voters with disabilities, and of which $5,900,000
shall be for payments to States for protection and advocacy
systems for voters with disabilities: Provided further, That
$136,664,000 shall be for making competitive grants to pro-
vide abstinence education (as defined by section 510(b)(2)
of the Social Security Act) to adolescents, and for Federal
costs of administering the grant: Provided further, That
grants under the immediately preceding proviso shall be
made only to public and private entities which agree that,
with respect to an adolescent to whom the entities provide
abstinence education under such grant, the entities will not
provide to that adolescent any other education regarding
sexual conduct, except that, in the case of an entity ex-
pressly required by law to provide health information or
services the adolescent shall not be precluded from seeking
health information or services from the entity in a different
setting than the setting in which abstinence education was
provided: Provided further, That within amounts provided
herein for abstinence education for adolescents, up to
$10,000,000 may be available for a national abstinence edu-
cation campaign: Provided further, That in addition to
amounts provided herein for abstinence education for ado-
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lescents, $4,500,000 shall be available from amounts avail-
able under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to
carry out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations)
of adolescent pregnancy prevention approaches: Provided
further, That up to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the
Public Assistance Reporting Information System, including
grants to States to support data collection for a study of
the system’s effectiveness.
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES
For carrying out section 436 of the Social Security
Act, $345,000,000 and section 437, $89,100,000.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION
ASSISTANCE
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act,
$5,067,000,000.
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities under title IV–E of the Act, for the first quarter
of fiscal year 2009, $1,776,000,000.
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year,
payments to States or other non-Federal entities under sec-
tion 474 of title IV–E, for the last 3 months of the current
fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current
fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
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ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
the Older Americans Act of 1965 and section 398 of the
Public Health Service Act, $1,446,651,000, of which
$5,500,000 shall be available for activities regarding medi-
cation management, screening, and education to prevent in-
correct medication and adverse drug reactions.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for
general departmental management, including hire of six se-
dans, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XX, and XXI
of the Public Health Service Act, the Lifespan Respite Care
Act, the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission
Act, and research studies under section 1110 of the Social
Security Act, $387,070,000, together with $5,851,000 to be
transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1)
of the Social Security Act from the Hospital Insurance
Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust
Fund, and $46,756,000 from the amounts available under
section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out
national health or human services research and evaluation
activities: Provided, That of the funds made available under
this heading for carrying out title XX of the Public Health
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Service Act, $13,120,000 shall be for activities specified
under section 2003(b)(2), all of which shall be for preven-
tion service demonstration grants under section 510(b)(2)
of title V of the Social Security Act, as amended, without
application of the limitation of section 2010(c) of said title
XX: Provided further, That of this amount, $51,891,000
shall be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment ac-
tivities; and $5,941,000 shall be to assist Afghanistan in
the development of maternal and child health clinics, con-
sistent with section 103(a)(4)(H) of the Afghanistan Free-
dom Support Act of 2002; and $1,000,000 shall be trans-
ferred, not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act,
to the National Institute of Mental Health to administer
the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee; and
$5,500,000 shall be for a Health Diplomacy Initiative and
may be used to carry out health diplomacy activities such
as health training, services, education, and program eval-
uation, provided directly, through grants, or through con-
tracts: Provided further, That specific information requests
from the chairmen and ranking members of the Subcommit-
tees on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education,
and Related Agencies, on scientific research or any other
matter, shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations in a prompt, professional manner and within the
time frame specified in the request: Provided further, That
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scientific information, including such information provided
in congressional testimony, requested by the Committees on
Appropriations and prepared by government researchers
and scientists shall be transmitted to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, uncensored and without delay: Provided fur-
ther, That funds provided in this Act for embryo adoption
activities may be used to provide, to individuals adopting
embryos, through grants and other mechanisms, medical
and administrative services deemed necessary for such
adoptions: Provided further, That such services shall be pro-
vided consistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4).
OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for administrative law judges
responsible for hearing cases under title XVIII of the Social
Security Act (and related provisions of title XI of such Act),
$67,500,000, to be transferred in appropriate part from the
Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
For expenses necessary for the Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including
grants, contracts and cooperative agreements for the devel-
opment and advancement of an interoperable national
health information technology infrastructure, $27,651,000:
Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein,
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$38,500,000 shall be available from amounts available
under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry
out health information technology network development.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for in-
vestigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, $45,187,000: Provided, That of such
amount, necessary sums are available for providing protec-
tive services to the Secretary and investigating non-pay-
ment of child support cases for which non-payment is a
Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights,
$33,748,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000 to be
transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1)
of the Social Security Act from the Hospital Insurance
Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust
Fund.
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law,
for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Pro-
tection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, for medical care
of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents’
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Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. chapter 55), such amounts as
may be required during the current fiscal year.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary to support activities related to
countering potential biological, disease, nuclear, radio-
logical and chemical threats to civilian populations, and
for other public health emergencies, $741,586,000, of which
not to exceed $22,363,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009, is to pay the costs described in section
319F–2(c)(7)(B) of the Public Health Service Act, and of
which $149,250,000 shall be used to support advanced re-
search and development of medical countermeasures, con-
sistent with section 319L of the Public Health Service Act.
For expenses necessary to prepare for and respond to
an 
influenza 
pandemic, 
$763,923,000, 
of 
which
$685,832,000 shall be available until expended, for activi-
ties including the development and purchase of vaccine,
antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and
other surveillance tools: Provided, That products purchased
with these funds may, at the discretion of the Secretary,
be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile: Provided
further, That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the Public
Health Service Act, funds may be used for the construction
or renovation of privately owned facilities for the produc-
tion of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologicals,
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where the Secretary finds such a contract necessary to se-
cure sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologicals: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated herein may be
transferred to other appropriation accounts of the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, as determined by the
Secretary to be appropriate, to be used for the purposes
specified in this sentence.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be
available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and
representation expenses when specifically approved by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public
Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to
work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided
by the Agency for International Development, the United
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the
World Health Organization.
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
for the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration shall be used
to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or other
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extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive
Level I.
SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this title
for Head Start shall be used to pay the compensation of
an individual, either as direct costs or any proration as
an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.
SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public
Health Service Act, except for funds specifically provided
for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made by
any office located in the Department of Health and Human
Services, prior to the preparation and submission of a re-
port by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate detailing the planned uses of
such funds.
SEC. 206. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the Public
Health Service Act, such portion as the Secretary of Health
and Human Services shall determine, but not more than
2.4 percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs au-
thorized under such Act shall be made available for the eval-
uation (directly, or by grants or contracts) of the implemen-
tation and effectiveness of such programs.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 207. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency
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Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the
current fiscal year for the Department of Health and
Human Services in this Act may be transferred between a
program, project, or activity, but no such program, project,
or activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by
any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority
granted by this section shall be available only to meet emer-
gency needs and shall not be used to create any new pro-
gram or to fund any project or activity for which no funds
are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance
of any transfer.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 208. The Director of the National Institutes of
Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS Re-
search, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes and
centers from the total amounts identified by these two Di-
rectors as funding for research pertaining to the human im-
munodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any
transfer.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 209. Of the amounts made available in this Act
for the National Institutes of Health, the amount for re-
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search related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as
jointly determined by the Director of the National Institutes
of Health and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research,
shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’
account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall
transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out
section 2353(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act.
SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be made available to any entity under title X of the
Public Health Service Act unless the applicant for the
award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family
participation in the decision of minors to seek family plan-
ning services and that it provides counseling to minors on
how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in
sexual activities.
SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no provider of services under title X of the Public Health
Service Act shall be exempt from any State law requiring
notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molesta-
tion, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
SEC. 212. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be
used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the
Secretary of Health and Human Services denies participa-
tion in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (includ-
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ing a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity
informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, pro-
vide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall make appropriate prospec-
tive adjustments to the capitation payment to such an enti-
ty (based on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected
costs of providing the service to such entity’s enrollees): Pro-
vided further, That nothing in this section shall be con-
strued to change the Medicare program’s coverage for such
services and a Medicare Advantage organization described
in this section shall be responsible for informing enrollees
where to obtain information about all Medicare covered
services.
SEC. 213. (a) Except as provided by subsection (e)
none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used
to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursuant
to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
300x–26) if such State certifies to the Secretary of Health
and Human Services by May 1, 2008, that the State will
commit additional State funds, in accordance with sub-
section (b), to ensure compliance with State laws prohib-
iting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under 18
years of age.
(b) The amount of funds to be committed by a State
under subsection (a) shall be equal to 1 percent of such
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State’s substance abuse block grant allocation for each per-
centage point by which the State misses the retailer compli-
ance rate goal established by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services under section 1926 of such Act.
(c) The State is to maintain State expenditures in fis-
cal year 2008 for tobacco prevention programs and for com-
pliance activities at a level that is not less than the level
of such expenditures maintained by the State for fiscal year
2007, and adding to that level the additional funds for to-
bacco compliance activities required under subsection (a).
The State is to submit a report to the Secretary on all fiscal
year 2007 State expenditures and all fiscal year 2008 obli-
gations for tobacco prevention and compliance activities by
program activity by July 31, 2008.
(d) The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforcing
the timing of the State obligation of the additional funds
required by the certification described in subsection (a) as
late as July 31, 2008.
(e) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used to withhold substance abuse funding pursuant to
section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act from a terri-
tory that receives less than $1,000,000.
SEC. 214. In order for the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention to carry out international health activities,
including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic
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and environmental disease, and other health activities
abroad during fiscal year 2008:
(1) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary of
HHS’’) may exercise authority equivalent to that
available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
(22 U.S.C. 2669(c)). The Secretary of HHS shall con-
sult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of
Mission to ensure that the authority provided in this
section is exercised in a manner consistent with sec-
tion 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22
U.S.C. 3927) and other applicable statutes adminis-
tered by the Department of State.
(2) The Secretary of HHS is authorized to pro-
vide such funds by advance or reimbursement to the
Secretary of State as may be necessary to pay the
costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and
management of facilities outside of the United States
for the use of the Department of Health and Human
Services. The Department of State shall cooperate
fully with the Secretary of HHS to ensure that the
Department of Health and Human Services has se-
cure, safe, functional facilities that comply with ap-
plicable regulation governing location, setback, and
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other facilities requirements and serve the purposes
established by this Act. The Secretary of HHS is au-
thorized, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
through grant or cooperative agreement, to make
available to public or nonprofit private institutions
or agencies in participating foreign countries, funds
to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those
countries as necessary to conduct programs of assist-
ance for international health activities, including ac-
tivities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious
diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, and
other health activities abroad.
SEC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Director
of NIH’’) may use funds available under section 402(b)(7)
or 402(b)(12) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
282(b)(7), 282(b)(12)) to enter into transactions (other than
contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out
research identified pursuant to such section 402(b)(7) (per-
taining to the Common Fund) or research and activities
described in such section 402(b)(12).
(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions
under subsection (a), the Director of the NIH may utilize
such peer review procedures (including consultation with
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appropriate scientific experts) as the Director determines
to be appropriate to obtain assessments of scientific and
technical merit. Such procedures shall apply to such trans-
actions in lieu of the peer review and advisory council re-
view procedures that would otherwise be required under sec-
tions 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492,
and 494 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
241(a)(3), 284(b)(1)(B), 284(b)(2), 284a(a)(3)(A), 289a,
and 289c).
SEC. 216. Funds which are available for Individual
Learning Accounts for employees of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (‘‘CDC’’) and the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (‘‘ATSDR)’’ may be
transferred to ‘‘Disease Control, Research, and Training’’,
to be available only for Individual Learning Accounts: Pro-
vided, That such funds may be used for any individual full-
time equivalent employee while such employee is employed
either by CDC or ATSDR.
SEC. 217. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, funds made available in this Act may be used to con-
tinue operating the Council on Graduate Medical Edu-
cation established by section 301 of Public Law 102–408.
SEC. 218. The Director of the National Institutes of
Health shall require that all investigators funded by the
NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National
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Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central an electronic version
of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance
for publication, to be made publicly available no later than
12 months after the official date of publication: Provided,
That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in
a manner consistent with copyright law.
SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human
Services is authorized to award a grant to the Delta Health
Alliance, a nonprofit alliance of academic institutions in
the Mississippi Delta region that has as its primary pur-
poses addressing longstanding, unmet health needs and
catalyzing economic development in the Mississippi Delta.
(b) To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection
(a), the Delta Health Alliance shall solicit and fund pro-
posals from local governments, hospitals, health care clinics,
academic institutions, and rural public health-related enti-
ties and organizations for research development, edu-
cational programs, health care services, job training, and
planning, construction, and equipment of public health-re-
lated facilities in the Mississippi Delta region.
(c) With respect to the use of grant funds under this
section for construction or major alteration of property, the
Federal interest in the property involved shall last for a
period of 1 year following the completion of the project or
until such time that the Federal Government is com-