42 U.S.C. § 290a — Victims of fire

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; Page 813 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 290b (6) administer and support a systematic pro- gram of research concerning smoke inhalation injuries; and (7) sponsor and support other research and training programs in the treatment and reha- bilitation of burn injury victims. (b) Authorization of appropriations For purposes of this section, there are author- ized to be appropriated not to exceed $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and not to exceed $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (Pub. L. 93–498, § 19, Oct. 29, 1974, 88 Stat. 1547; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; Pub. L. 106–503, title I, § 110(a)(2)(B)(vii), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2302; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802(b)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2100.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the Federal Fire Pre- vention and Control Act of 1974 (which is classified principally to chapter 49 (§ 2201 et seq.) of Title 15), and not as a part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter. AMENDMENTS 2013—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–239 substituted ‘‘Admin- istrator of FEMA’’ for ‘‘Director’’ in introductory pro- visions. 2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–503 substituted ‘‘in co- operation with the Director’’ for ‘‘in cooperation with the Secretary’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services’’ sub- stituted for ‘‘Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel- fare’’ in subsec. (a) pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, com- ponents, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emer- gency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security. For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and li- abilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agen- cy, including the functions of the Director of the Fed- eral Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treat- ment of related references, see former section 313(1) and sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu- rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor- ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. DEFINITIONS For definition of terms used in this section, see sec- tion 2203 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. PART I—FOUNDATION FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Pub. L. 105–392, title IV, § 418(1), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3591, substituted ‘‘Foundation for the National Insti- tutes of Health’’ for ‘‘National Foundation for Bio- medical Research’’ in part heading. Pub. L. 103–43, title I, § 141(a)(2), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 136, redesignated part H ‘‘National Foundation for Biomedical Research’’ as I. § 290b. Establishment and duties of Foundation (a) In general The Secretary shall, acting through the Direc- tor of NIH, establish a nonprofit corporation to be known as the Foundation for the National In- stitutes of Health (hereafter in this section re- ferred to as the ‘‘Foundation’’). The Foundation shall not be an agency or instrumentality of the United States Government. (b) Purpose of Foundation The purpose of the Foundation shall be to sup- port the National Institutes of Health in its mis- sion (including collection of funds for pediatric pharmacologic research), and to advance col- laboration with biomedical researchers from universities, industry, and nonprofit organiza- tions. (c) Certain activities of Foundation (1) In general In carrying out subsection (b), the Founda- tion may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and other donations, establish accounts, and in- vest and expend funds in support of the fol- lowing activities with respect to the purpose described in such subsection: (A) A program to provide and administer endowed positions that are associated with the research program of the National Insti- tutes of Health. Such endowments may be expended for the compensation of individ- uals holding the positions, for staff, equip- ment, quarters, travel, and other expendi- tures that are appropriate in supporting the endowed positions. (B) A program to provide and administer fellowships and grants to research personnel in order to work and study in association with the National Institutes of Health. Such fellowships and grants may include stipends, travel, health insurance benefits and other appropriate expenses. The recipients of fel- lowships shall be selected by the donors and the Foundation upon the recommendation of the National Institutes of Health employees in the laboratory where the fellow would serve, and shall be subject to the agreement of the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Executive Director of the Foundation. (C) A program to collect funds for pedi- atric pharmacologic research and studies. (D) Supplementary programs to provide for— (i) scientists of other countries to serve in research capacities in the United States in association with the National Institutes of Health or elsewhere, or opportunities for employees of the National Institutes of Health or other public health officials in the United States to serve in such capac- ities in other countries, or both; (ii) the conduct and support of studies, projects, and research, which may include