is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other appli-
cable statutes administered by the Department of 
State. 
(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 
funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 
of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac-
quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage-
ment of facilities outside of the United States for 
the use of HHS. The Department of State shall co-
operate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS 
has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply 
with applicable regulation governing location, set-
back, and other facilities requirements and serve the 
purposes established by this Act. The Secretary is 
authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to 
make available to public or nonprofit private institu-
tions or agencies in participating foreign countries, 
funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in 
those countries as necessary to conduct programs of 
assistance for international health activities, includ-
ing activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infec-
tious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, 
and other health activities abroad. 
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(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 
personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 
serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to 
those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 
through 4086 and subject to such regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further 
authorized to provide locality-based comparability 
payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount 
of the locality-based comparability payment (stated 
as a percentage) that would be payable to such per-
sonnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States 
Code if such personnel’s official duty station were in 
the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for per-
sonnel under this subsection shall be on the same 
basis as that provided under subchapter I of chapter 
63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serv-
ing in the Foreign Service. 
SEC. 212. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 
may use funds available under section 402(b)(7) or 
402(b)(12) of the PHS Act to enter into transactions 
(other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) 
to carry out research identified pursuant to such section 
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402(b)(7) (pertaining 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 may utilize such peer 
review procedures (including consultation with appropriate 
scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro-
priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 
merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions 
in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review pro-
cedures that would otherwise be required under sections 
301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, 
and 494 of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 213. Funds which are available for Individual 
Learning Accounts for employees of CDC and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (‘‘ATSDR’’) 
may be transferred between appropriate accounts of CDC, 
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 em-
ployed either by CDC or ATSDR. 
SEC. 214. Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appro-
priated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the 
National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, 
repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the 
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proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized 
herein, at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 215. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 
1 percent of the amount made available for National Re-
search Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available 
to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
Administration to make NRSA awards for research in pri-
mary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities 
who have received grants or contracts under sections 736, 
739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount 
made available for NRSA shall be made available to the 
Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual-
ity to make NRSA awards for health service research. 
SEC. 216. (a) The Secretary shall establish a publicly 
accessible Web site to provide information regarding the 
uses of funds made available under section 4002 of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 
(‘‘ACA’’). 
(b) With respect to funds provided under section 
4002 of the ACA, the Secretary shall include on the Web 
site established under subsection (a) at a minimum the 
following information: 
(1) In the case of each transfer of funds under 
section 4002(c), a statement indicating the program 
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or activity receiving funds, the operating division or 
office that will administer the funds, and the 
planned uses of the funds, to be posted not later 
than the day after the transfer is made. 
(2) Identification (along with a link to the full 
text) of each funding opportunity announcement, re-
quest for proposals, or other announcement or solici-
tation of proposals for grants, cooperative agree-
ments, or contracts intended to be awarded using 
such funds, to be posted not later than the day after 
the announcement or solicitation is issued. 
(3) Identification of each grant, cooperative 
agreement, or contract with a value of $25,000 or 
more awarded using such funds, including the pur-
pose of the award and the identity of the recipient, 
to be posted not later than 5 days after the award 
is made. 
(4) A report detailing the uses of all funds 
transferred under section 4002(c) during the fiscal 
year, to be posted not later than 90 days after the 
end of the fiscal year. 
(c) With respect to awards made in fiscal years 2013 
and 2014, the Secretary shall also include on the Web site 
established under subsection (a), semi-annual reports from 
each entity awarded a grant, cooperative agreement, or 
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