42 U.S.C. § 289h — Untitled legal text

Page 812 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 289h mation and provide information with respect to the purpose of such access, a summary of the research project for which such access is granted, as applicable, and a description of the biological material and associated informa- tion to which the entity has access. (e) Report Not later than 1 year after December 13, 2016, the Secretary shall submit a report on the rel- evant data access policies and procedures to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep- resentatives. Such report shall include steps the Secretary has taken to consult with experts or other heads of departments or agencies of the Federal Government in the development of such policies. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 498E, as added Pub. L. 114–255, div. A, title II, § 2011, Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1047.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries FUNDING FOR SARS–COV–2 GENOMIC SEQUENCING AND SURVEILLANCE Pub. L. 117–2, title II, § 2402, Mar. 11, 2021, 135 Stat. 41, provided that: ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary [of Health and Human Services] for fiscal year 2021 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,750,000,000, to remain available until expended, to strengthen and expand activities and workforce related to genomic sequencing, analytics, and disease surveil- lance. ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—From amounts appropriated by subsection (a), the Secretary, acting through the Direc- tor of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall— ‘‘(1) conduct, expand, and improve activities to se- quence genomes, identify mutations, and survey the circulation and transmission of viruses and other or- ganisms, including strains of SARS–CoV–2; ‘‘(2) award grants or cooperative agreements to State, local, Tribal, or territorial public health de- partments or public health laboratories— ‘‘(A) to increase their capacity to sequence genomes of circulating strains of viruses and other organisms, including SARS–CoV–2; ‘‘(B) to identify mutations in viruses and other organisms, including SARS–CoV–2; ‘‘(C) to use genomic sequencing to identify out- breaks and clusters of diseases or infections, includ- ing COVID–19; and ‘‘(D) to develop effective disease response strate- gies based on genomic sequencing and surveillance data; ‘‘(3) enhance and expand the informatics capabili- ties of the public health workforce; and ‘‘(4) award grants for the construction, alteration, or renovation of facilities to improve genomic se- quencing and surveillance capabilities at the State and local level.’’ § 289h. Repealed. Pub. L. 103–43, title I, § 121(b)(2), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 133 Section, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 499, as added Nov. 20, 1985, Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, 99 Stat. 878, re- lated to construction of subchapter. § 290. National Institutes of Health Management Fund; establishment; advancements; avail- ability; final adjustments of advances For the purpose of facilitating the economical and efficient conduct of operations in the Na- tional Institutes of Health which are financed by two or more appropriations where the costs of operation are not readily susceptible of dis- tribution as charges to such appropriations, there is established the National Institutes of Health Management Fund. Such amounts as the Director of the National Institutes of Health may determine to represent a reasonable dis- tribution of estimated costs among the various appropriations involved may be advanced each year to this fund and shall be available for ex- penditure for such costs under such regulations as may be prescribed by said Director, including the operation of facilities for the sale of meals to employees and others at rates to be deter- mined by said Director to be sufficient to cover the reasonable value of the meals served and the proceeds thereof shall be deposited to the credit of this fund: Provided, That funds advanced to this fund shall be available only in the fiscal year in which they are advanced: Provided fur- ther, That final adjustments of advances in ac- cordance with actual costs shall be effected wherever practicable with the appropriations from which such funds are advanced. (Pub. L. 85–67, title II, § 201, June 29, 1957, 71 Stat. 220; Pub. L. 87–290, title II, § 201, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 603.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was enacted as a part of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1958, and not as a part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter. AMENDMENTS 1961—Pub. L. 87–290 substituted ‘‘reasonable value of the meals served’’ for ‘‘cost of such operation’’. § 290a. Victims of fire (a) Research on burns, burn injuries, and reha- bilitation The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish, within the National Institutes of Health and in cooperation with the Adminis- trator of FEMA, an expanded program of re- search on burns, treatment of burn injuries, and rehabilitation of victims of fires. The National Institutes of Health shall— (1) sponsor and encourage the establishment throughout the Nation of twenty-five addi- tional burn centers, which shall comprise sep- arate hospital facilities providing specialized burn treatment and including research and teaching programs and twenty-five additional burn units, which shall comprise specialized facilities in general hospitals used only for burn victims; (2) provide training and continuing support of specialists to staff the new burn centers and burn units; (3) sponsor and encourage the establishment of ninety burn programs in general hospitals which comprise staffs of burn injury special- ists; (4) provide special training in emergency care for burn victims; (5) augment sponsorship of research on burns and burn treatment;