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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Government Accountability Office 
Improvement Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO OBTAIN RECORDS.

    (a) Authority To Obtain Records.--Section 716 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended in subsection (a)--
            (1) by striking ``(a)'' and inserting ``(2)''; and
            (2) by inserting after the section heading the following:
    ``(a)(1) The Comptroller General is authorized to obtain such 
agency records as the Comptroller General requires to discharge his 
duties (including audit, evaluation, and investigative duties), 
including through the bringing of civil actions under this section. In 
reviewing a civil action under this section, the court shall recognize 
the continuing force and effect of the authorization in the preceding 
sentence until such time as the authorization is repealed pursuant to 
law.''.
    (b) Interviews.--Section 716(a) of title 31, United States Code, as 
amended by subsection (a), is further amended in the second sentence of 
paragraph (2) by inserting ``and interview agency officers and 
employees'' after ``agency record''.

SEC. 3. ADMINISTERING OATHS.

    Section 711 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking 
paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
            ``(4) administer oaths to witnesses, except that, in 
        matters other than auditing and settling accounts, the 
        authority of an officer or employee to administer oaths to 
        witnesses pursuant to a delegation under paragraph (2) shall 
        not be available without the prior express approval of the 
        Comptroller General (or a designee).''.

SEC. 4. ACCESS TO CERTAIN INFORMATION.

    (a) Access to Certain Information.--Subchapter II of chapter 7 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
``Sec. 721. Access to certain information
    ``(a) No provision of the Social Security Act shall be construed to 
limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to 
obtain any information, to inspect any record, or to interview any 
officer or employee under section 716 of this title, including with 
respect to any information disclosed to or obtained by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under part C or D of title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act.
    ``(b) No provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
shall be construed to limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the 
Comptroller General to obtain any information, to inspect any record, 
or to interview any officer or employee under section 716 of this 
title, including with respect to any information concerning any method 
or process which as a trade secret is entitled to protection.
    ``(c) No provision of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements 
Act of 1976 and the amendments made by that Act shall be construed to 
limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to 
obtain any information, to inspect any record, or to interview any 
officer or employee under section 716 of this title, including with 
respect to any information disclosed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice or the Federal 
Trade Commission for purposes of pre-merger review under section 7A of 
the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 18a).
    ``(d)(1) The Comptroller General shall prescribe such policies and 
procedures as are necessary to protect from public disclosure 
proprietary or trade secret information obtained consistent with this 
section.
    ``(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed--
            ``(A) to alter or amend the prohibitions against the 
        disclosure of trade secret or other sensitive information 
        prohibited by section 1905 of title 18 and other applicable 
        laws; or
            ``(B) to affect the applicability of section 716(e) of this 
        title, including the protections against unauthorized 
        disclosure contained in that section, to information obtained 
        consistent with this section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 7 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 720 the following:

``721. Access to certain information.''.

SEC. 5. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORTS.

    Section 719 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ``and'' at the 
        end;
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking the period at the 
        end and inserting ``; and'';
            (3) by adding at the end of subsection (b)(1) the 
        following:
            ``(D) for agencies subject to sections 901 to 903 and other 
        agencies designated by the Comptroller General, an assessment 
        of their overall degree of cooperation in making personnel 
        available for interview, providing written answers to 
        questions, submitting to an oath authorized by the Comptroller 
        General under section 711, granting access to records, 
        providing timely comments to draft reports, adopting 
        recommendations in reports and responding to such other matters 
        as the Comptroller General deems appropriate.'';
            (4) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking ``and'' at the 
        end;
            (5) in subsection (c)(3), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and'', and
            (6) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the following:
            ``(4) as soon as practicable when an agency does not, 
        within a reasonable time, respond to a request by the 
        Comptroller General regarding any matter described in 
        subsection (b)(1)(D).''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.
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Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Comptroller General to: (1) obtain federal agency records required to discharge his or her duties, including through bringing civil actions under this Act; (2) interview agency officers and employees to get information about agency duties, powers, activities, organization, and financial transactions; and (3) administer oaths to witnesses (currently, the Comptroller General may administer oaths to witnesses when auditing and settling accounts).

Requires the Comptroller General to prescribe such policies and procedures as are necessary to protect from public disclosure proprietary or trade secret information obtained under this Act.

Declares that no provision of the Social Security Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 shall be construed to limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to obtain information, inspect records, or interview specified agency officers or employees, including with respect to: (1) information disclosed to or obtained by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the Social Security Act; (2) information concerning any method or process protected as a trade secret; and (3) information disclosed to the Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) or the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for purposes of pre-merger review under the Clayton Act. Declares that this Act shall not be construed to: (1) alter or amend the prohibitions against the disclosure of trade secret or other sensitive information; and (2) affect the applicability of requirements governing the availability of agency information to information obtained.

Requires the Comptroller General to: (1) report annually on the cooperation of agencies subject to the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 and other agencies designated by the Comptroller General in making personnel available for interviews, providing written answers to questions, submitting to an oath authorized by the Comptroller General, granting access to records, providing timely comments to draft reports, adopting report recommendations, and responding to such matters as the Comptroller General deems appropriate; and (2) report to Congress when agencies do not respond to requests regarding such matters.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``State Business Law Conformity Act of 
2004''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO GENERAL PARTNERS.

    (a) Exclusion of Certain Active Businesses From at Risk Rules.--
Subclause (I) of section 465(c)(7)(D)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (defining qualified corporate partner) is amended to read as 
follows:
                                    ``(I) such corporation is not 
                                prohibited or limited under State law 
                                from participation in the management or 
                                business of the partnership.''.
    (b) Payments to Retiring Partners.--Subparagraph (B) of section 
736(b)(3) of such Code (relating to limitation on application of 
paragraph (2)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) any portion of the retiring or deceased 
                partner's distributive share of partnership income was 
                subject to tax under section 1401.''.
    (c) Foreign Currency Transactions.--Subclause (I) of section 
988(c)(1)(E)(v) of such Code is amended to read as follows:
                                    ``(I) Certain general partners.--
                                The interest of a partner in the 
                                partnership shall not be treated as 
                                failing to meet the 20-percent 
                                ownership requirements of clause 
                                (iii)(I) for any taxable year of the 
                                partnership if for the taxable year of 
                                the partner in which such partnership 
                                taxable year ends--
                                            ``(aa) the partner is not 
                                        limited as to participation in 
                                        the management or activity of 
                                        the qualified fund, and
                                            ``(bb) such partner (and 
                                        each corporation filing a 
                                        consolidated return with such 
                                        partner) had no ordinary income 
                                        or loss from a section 988 
                                        transaction which is foreign 
                                        currency gain or loss (as the 
                                        case may be).''.
    (d) Special Valuation Rules for Generation-Skipping Tax.--Clause 
(ii) of section 2701(b)(2)(B) of such Code (relating to partnerships) 
is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(ii) in the case of a limited 
                        partnership, the holding of any interest as a 
                        partner who is not limited as to participation 
                        in management or activity of the 
                        partnership.''.
    (e) Tax Matters Partner.--Paragraph (7) of section 6231(a) of such 
Code (defining tax matters partner) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(7) Tax matters partner.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The tax matters partner of any 
                partnership is--
                            ``(i) the partner designated as the tax 
                        matters partner as provided in regulations, or
                            ``(ii) if there is no partner who has been 
                        so designated, the partner having the largest 
                        profits interest in the partnership at the 
                        close of the taxable year involved (or, where 
                        there is more than 1 such partner, the 1 of 
                        such partners whose name would appear first in 
                        an alphabetical listing).
                    ``(B) Selection by secretary.--If there is no 
                partner designated under subparagraph (A)(i) and the 
                Secretary determines that it is impracticable to apply 
                subparagraph (A)(ii), the partner selected by the 
                Secretary shall be treated as the tax matters partner. 
                The Secretary shall, within 30 days of selecting a tax 
                matters partner under the preceding sentence, notify 
                all partners required to receive notice under section 
                6223(a) of the name and address of the person selected.
                    ``(C) Restriction on designation of partner.--A 
                partner may not be designated as a tax matters partner 
                under subparagraph (A)(i) unless such partner is not 
                limited as to participation in management or activity 
                of the partnership.''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 3. REFERENCES TO LIMITED PARTNERS.

    (a) Limited Entrepreneur.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (A) of section 464(e)(2) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining limited 
        entrepreneur) is amended by striking ``other than as a limited 
        partner''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Section 464(c) of such Code is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``limited partners or'' in 
                        paragraph (1)(B),
                            (ii) by striking ``a limited partner or'' 
                        in paragraph (2).
                    (B) Section 1256 of such Code is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``limited partners or'' 
                        each place it appears in subsections (e)(3)(B) 
                        and (f)(4),
                            (ii) by striking ``a limited partner or'' 
                        in subsection (e)(3)(C), and
                            (iii) by striking ``limited partner or'' 
                        both places it appears in the heading and text 
                        of subsection (e)(4)(A)(i).
                    (C) Section 1258(d)(5)(C) of such Code is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``limited partner or'' in 
                        the matter preceding subclause (i),
                            (ii) by striking ``limited partner's (or 
                        limited entrepreneur's) in subclause (i) and 
                        inserting ``limited entrepreneur's'', and
                            (iii) by striking ``partners and limited'' 
                        in the heading.
    (b) Passive Loss Rules.--
            (1) Subsection (h) of section 469 of such Code is amended 
        by striking paragraph (2) and by redesignating paragraphs (3), 
        (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively.
            (2) Subparagraph (A) of section 469(c)(7) of such Code is 
        amended by striking the last sentence.
            (3) Paragraph (6) of section 469(i) of such Code is amended 
        by striking subparagraph (C) and by redesignating subparagraph 
        (D) as subparagraph (C).
            (4) Subsection (f) of section 772 of such Code (relating to 
        special rules for applying passive loss limitations) is amended 
        to read as follows:
    ``(f) Special Rules for Applying Passive Loss Limitations.--
            ``(1) In general.--If any person holds an interest in an 
        electing large partnership other than as a partner described in 
        paragraph (3)--
                    ``(A) paragraph (2) of subsection (c) shall not 
                apply to such partner, and
                    ``(B) such partner's distributive share of the 
                partnership items allocable to passive loss limitation 
                activities shall be taken into account separately to 
                the extent necessary to comply with the provisions of 
                section 469.
            ``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
        items allocable to an interest held as a partner described in 
        paragraph (3).
            ``(3) Partner described.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        a partner is described in this paragraph if the partner is a 
        person whose participation in the management or business 
        activity of the partnership is limited under applicable State 
        law.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 4. PARTNERSHIP INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO CAPITAL EXCLUDED FROM NET 
              EARNINGS FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (13) of section 1402(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(13) there shall be excluded the distributive share of 
        net income of a partner attributable to capital;''.
    (b) Partnership Income Attributable to Capital.--Section 1402 of 
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(l) Partnership Income Attributable to Capital.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (a)(13), the 
        following amounts shall be treated as income attributable to 
        capital--
                    ``(A) the amount, if any, in excess of what would 
                constitute reasonable compensation for services 
                rendered by such partner to the partnership, and
                    ``(B) an amount equal to a reasonable rate of 
                return on unreturned capital of the partner determined 
                as of the beginning of the taxable year.
            ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) Unreturned capital.--The term `unreturned 
                capital' means the excess of the aggregate amount of 
                money and the fair market value as of the date of 
                contribution of other consideration (net of 
                liabilities) contributed by the partner over the 
                aggregate amount of money and the fair market value as 
                of the date of distribution of other consideration (net 
                of liabilities) distributed by the partnership to the 
                partner, increased or decreased for the partner's 
                distributive share of all reportable items as 
                determined in section 702. If the partner acquires a 
                partnership interest and the partnership makes an 
                election under section 754, the partner's unreturned 
                capital shall take into account appropriate adjustments 
                under section 743.
                    ``(B) Reasonable rate of return.--A reasonable rate 
                of return on unreturned capital shall equal 150 percent 
                (or such higher rate as is established in regulations) 
                of the highest applicable Federal rate, as determined 
                under section 1274(d)(1), at the beginning of the 
                partnership's taxable year.
            ``(3) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
        regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of 
        this subsection.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to services performed in taxable years beginning 
after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 5. REPEAL OF ABILITY TO ELECT LARGE PARTNERSHIP REPORTING RULES.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 775(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to election) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: ``No election under this subsection shall be made 
after December 31, 2004.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to partnership taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.
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State Business Law Conformity Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise certain partnership tax definitions and rules relating to general and limited partners; (2) exclude from net earnings from self-employment partnership income attributable to capital; and (3) repeal, after 2004, the election to apply large partnership (100 partners or more) tax rules.


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short title

    Section 1. This Act may be cited as the ``Information Dissemination 
and Research Accountability Act''.

                          findings and purpose

    Sec. 2. (a) The Congress finds that--
            (1) the Federal Government must, for the public good, bear 
        the responsibility for making the results of biomedical 
        research readily and economically accessible in a form that 
        maximizes its usefulness to the research community, reviewers 
        of research proposals, and other individuals involved in the 
        Federal funding of research proposals;
            (2) with the present inefficient system of storage and 
        dissemination of biomedical information, most biomedical 
        researchers and Federal agencies cannot readily and 
        economically obtain the full-text results, current and 
        archival, of research that has been or is being performed;
            (3) the inability of the research community to obtain full-
        text results of such research promotes duplicative research;
            (4) overwhelming numbers of laboratory animals are used in 
        duplicative research because of the research community's 
        inability to determine what research has been performed;
            (5) because of a lack of funding, the National Library of 
        Medicine of the Department of Health and Human Services has not 
        met the needs of the biomedical research community;
            (6) the failure of the Federal Government to fund 
        adequately the National Library of Medicine has resulted in the 
        Library's inability to support effectively the creation of new 
        information for use in teaching and demonstrations, including 
        audiovisual aids and computer graphics;
            (7) the failure of the Federal Government to support 
        adequately the storage and dissemination of full-text 
        biomedical information has been devastating to the Nation's 
        medical libraries, forcing them to terminate the acquisition of 
        costly printed material;
            (8) the amount of biomedical information is so vast and is 
        increasing at such a rate that traditional methods of 
        information storage and dissemination are no longer efficient 
        or effective;
            (9) modern technology, including optical videodiscs, can be 
        used for storage of whole libraries of full-text biomedical 
        information in a relatively small space;
            (10) these modern technologies are easily and economically 
        reproducible for distribution to all of the Nation's medical 
        libraries for the immediate use of the scientific community; 
        and
            (11) the benefits of developing a modern, efficient, and 
        economical full-text biomedical information storage and 
        dissemination system are--
                    (A) the advancement of scientific knowledge;
                    (B) the savings to the taxpayers by preventing 
                duplicative research; and
                    (C) the sparing of millions of laboratory animals 
                from suffering, fear, and death in duplicative 
                research.
    (b) The purposes of this Act are to--
            (1) establish a National Center for Research 
        Accountability;
            (2) provide for a comprehensive, full-text literature 
        search before the approval of Federal funding for any research 
        proposal involving the use of live animals;
            (3) prevent duplicative experimentation or testing on live 
        animals;
            (4) promote the advancement and use of modern technologies 
        with respect to the storage and dissemination of biomedical 
        information;
            (5) provide, through grants, awards, and stipends, for 
        training of additional biomedical information specialists in 
        such modern technologies;
            (6) make available at a reasonable cost the full-text 
        results of biomedical research, current and archival, to the 
        Nation's medical libraries for use by the scientific community; 
        and
            (7) promote the creation and use of modern technologies, 
        including audiovisual aids and computer graphics, for teaching 
        and demonstrations.

            the national center for research accountability

    Sec. 3. (a)(1) In order to create an independent center to assist 
in eliminating duplication of effort in Federal research proposals 
involving live animals, there is hereby established a National Center 
for Research Accountability.
    (2) Such Center shall be located at the National Library of 
Medicine and utilize the facilities of the Library in accordance with 
subsection (d).
    (b)(1) The President shall appoint twenty persons to serve as 
members of the Center and carry out the responsibilities of the Center 
as described in subsection (f). The terms of such appointments shall be 
for a period of time which the President determines is necessary to 
assure that the members will serve long enough to provide adequate 
continuity of effort within the Center but also provide for periodic 
appointment of new persons as members.
    (2) Such appointments shall be made without regard to political 
affiliation and solely on the basis of demonstrated ability to carry 
out the responsibilities of the Center.
    (3) A person appointed to the Center may be removed only by the 
President.
    (4) Such persons shall be experts in the biomedical information 
sciences and, at the time of such appointment, be employed by a Federal 
agency in a capacity which qualifies them to make determinations with 
respect to whether research proposals involving live animals are 
duplicative of other research efforts. In making such appointments, the 
President shall, to the extent practicable, appoint representatives 
from each Federal agency which funds research on live animals.
    (5) Such persons shall perform their duties at the Center on a 
full-time basis and, while performing such duties, shall be considered 
to be employees of the Federal agencies which employed them at the time 
of their appointment to the Center.
    (c)(1) The President shall appoint as the Director of the Center a 
qualified biomedical information science expert who, at the time of 
such appointment, serves in an administrative position as a Federal 
employee.
    (2) Such person shall perform his or her duties on a full-time 
basis, and while performing such duties, shall be considered to be an 
employee of the Federal agency which employed him or her at the time of 
the appointment to the Center.
    (3) Such appointment shall be made for a term established by the 
President and shall be made without regard to political affiliation and 
solely on the basis of demonstrated ability to serve as a chief 
administrative officer.
    (4) The Director may be removed only by the President.
    (5) The Director may, to the extent approved by the President and 
in appropriation Acts, appoint a clerical staff, or to the extent 
approved by the President after consultation with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, the Director may utilize the clerical staff 
of the National Library of Medicine.
    (d) The President shall, after consultation with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, provide for adequate office space for the 
Center within the facilities of the National Library of Medicine and, 
to the extent approved in appropriation Acts, provide for such 
equipment, office supplies, and communications facilities and services 
as may be necessary for the operation of the Center.
    (e)(1) No Federal agency may carry out or fund any research 
proposal involving live animals unless the proposal is submitted to the 
Center in accordance with paragraph (2).
    (2) Following approval by a Federal agency of a research proposal 
involving live animals, but prior to the agency's carrying out or 
making a commitment to award funding for such proposal, such proposal 
shall be submitted by the agency to the Center to ascertain whether 
such proposal is essentially duplicative of other research completed or 
in process.
    (f) If the members of the Center determine, in accordance with 
guidelines prescribed by the President, that such proposal is 
essentially duplicative of other research completed or in process, no 
Federal funding may be utilized with respect to such project.
    (g) To assist in carrying out its responsibilities for conducting 
comprehensive full-text literature searches, as it makes determinations 
under subsection (f), the Center may, to the extent approved in 
appropriation Acts, award contracts to private entities. The President 
shall establish rules for the purpose of precluding any conflict of 
interest with respect to the awarding of such contracts.
    (h) The President may appoint persons to serve, without 
compensation, as advisors to the members of the Center.
    (i) The Center shall transmit an annual report to the President and 
to both Houses of the Congress summarizing action it has taken in 
fulfilling its responsibilities under this Act.

 modernization of biomedical information storage and dissemination by 
                    the national library of medicine

    Sec. 4. (a) The National Library of Medicine shall, to the extent 
of funds appropriated for such purposes--
            (1) acquire, in full-text form, all biomedical information 
        owned by each Federal agency or available for use by Federal 
        agencies, except information which is already in the Library or 
        which is classified for reasons of national security;
            (2) transcribe and store, in full-text form, all such 
        biomedical information acquired by the Library after January 1, 
        1960;
            (3) using modern technologies, make available, upon request 
        and at cost, to medical libraries all full-text biomedical 
        information in its collection;
            (4) support, by grants and contracts, the creation of new 
        information for teaching and demonstrations, including 
        audiovisual aids and computer graphics technologies;
            (5) make available, upon request and at cost, such new 
        teaching and demonstration information to research and teaching 
        institutions for the use of the scientific community; and
            (6) increase the number of persons trained in modern 
        methods of biomedical information storage and dissemination 
        technologies by making available stipends, awards, and grants 
        to persons engaged in such training.
    (b) For purposes of paragraphs (3) and (5) of subsection (a), the 
term ``cost'' shall mean an amount which is established by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services in order to assure that the 
Federal Government is reimbursed for expenses incurred in acquiring and 
making available the information supplied pursuant to those paragraphs.
    (c) To assist in fulfilling its responsibilities, the Library may, 
to the extent approved in appropriation Acts, award contracts to the 
private-sector data recording industry to improve--
            (1) the development of modern information technologies used 
        for storage and dissemination of full-text biomedical 
        information; and
            (2) the dissemination of full-text biomedical information 
        to medical libraries for the use of the research community.
    (d) The Secretary of Health and Human Services may appoint persons 
to serve, without compensation, as advisers to the Library in carrying 
out this section.
    (e) The Library shall transmit an annual report to the Congress 
summarizing the progress it has made in carrying out the provisions of 
this Act and providing a statement and analysis of action to be taken 
by the Library during the year following such report.

                              definitions

    Sec. 5. For the purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``animal'' means any nonhuman, vertebrate 
        animal, whether warm-blooded, or coldblooded;
            (2) the term ``agency'' has the same meaning given such 
        term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code;
            (3) the term ``Center'' means the National Center for 
        Research Accountability established by section 3(a);
            (4) the term ``Library'' means the National Library of 
        Medicine; and
            (5) the term ``research proposal'' means any proposal 
        utilizing a scientific method of inquiry or examination in 
        seeking or establishing facts and principles.

                    authorization of appropriations

    Sec. 6. There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 
beginning after September 30, 1993, such sums as may be necessary for 
the purpose of carrying out this Act.
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Information Dissemination and Research Accountability Act - Establishes in the National Library of Medicine a National Center for Research Accountability to assist in eliminating duplication of effort in Federal research proposals involving live animals.  Requires referral of all such proposals to the Center for approval prior to funding. 
Provides for the modernization of biomedical information storage and dissemination by the National Library of Medicine.