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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part A · Chapter 6A — Public Health Service

§ 283n. Shared Instrumentation Grant Program

Statutory text

(a)

Requirements for grants

In determining whether to award a grant to an applicant under the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program, the Director of NIH, acting through the Office of the Director of NIH, shall consider—

(1)

the extent to which an award for the specific instrument involved would meet the scientific needs and enhance the planned research endeavors of the major users by providing an instrument that is unavailable or to which availability is highly limited;

(2)

with respect to the instrument involved, the availability and commitment of the appropriate technical expertise within the major user group or the applicant institution for use of the instrumentation;

(3)

the adequacy of the organizational plan for the use of the instrument involved and the internal advisory committee for oversight of the applicant, including sharing arrangements if any;

(4)

the applicant’s commitment for continued support of the utilization and maintenance of the instrument; and

(5)

the extent to which the specified instrument will be shared and the benefit of the proposed instrument to the overall research community to be served.

(b)

Peer review

In awarding grants under the program described in subsection (a), the Director of NIH, acting through the Office of the Director of NIH, shall comply with the peer review requirements in section 289a of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 106–505 title III § 305 · 114 Stat. 2314

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 283n

    July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 404L, formerly Pub. L. 106–505, title III, § 305, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2335

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 404L, formerly Pub. L. 106–505, title III, § 305, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2335

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 305. SHARED INSTRUMENTATION GRANT PROGRAM. (a) Authorization of Appropriations.— There is authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year, to enable the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Center for Research Resources, to provide for the continued operation of the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (initiated in fiscal year 1992 under the authority of section 479 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 287 et seq.)). (b) Requirements for Grants.— In determining whether to award a grant to an applicant under the program described in subsection (a) the Director of the National Center for Research Resources shall consider— (1) the extent to which an award for the specific instrument involved would meet the scientific needs and enhance the planned research endeavors of the major users by providing an instrument that is unavailable or to which availability is highly limited; (2) with respect to the instrument involved, the availability and commitment of the appropriate technical expertise within the major user group or the applicant institution for use of the instrumentation; (3) the adequacy of the organizational plan for the use of the instrument involved and the internal advisory committee for oversight of the applicant, including sharing arrangements if any; (4) the applicant’s commitment for continued support of the utilization and maintenance of the instrument; and (5) the extent to which the specified instrument will be shared and the benefit of the proposed instrument to the overall research community to be served. (c) Peer Review.— In awarding grants under the program described in subsection (a) Director of the National Center for Research Resources shall comply with the peer review requirements in section 492 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289a).

  2. Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2012

    Pub. L. 112–74 § 221(b)(4)(B)(iii) · 125 Stat. 1088

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 283n

    Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(iii), substituted “Director of NIH, acting through the Office of the Director of NIH,” for “Director of the National Center for Research Resources” in subsecs. (a) and (b)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(iii), substituted “Director of NIH, acting through the Office of the Director of NIH,” for “Director of the National Center for Research Resources” in subsecs. (a) and (b).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (iii) by striking “Director of the National Center for Research Resources” each place it appears and inserting “Director of NIH, acting through the Office of the Director of NIH,”; and

  3. Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2012

    Pub. L. 112–74 § 221(b)(4)(B)(ii) · 125 Stat. 1088

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 283n(a)

    Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(ii), substituted “under the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program” for “under the program described in subsection (a)” in introductory provisions

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(ii), substituted “under the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program” for “under the program described in subsection (a)” in introductory provisions.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (ii) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by striking “under the program described in subsection (a)” and inserting “under the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program”;

  4. Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2012

    Pub. L. 112–74 § 221(b)(4)(B)(i) · 125 Stat. 1088

    1. Redesignated · 42 U.S.C. § 283n(a)

      Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(i), redesignated subsec. (b) as (a)

    2. Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 283n(a)

      Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(i), struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (a) read as follows: “There is authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year, to enable the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Center for Research Resources, to provide for the continued operation of the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (initiated in fiscal year 1992 under the authority of section 287 of this title).”

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(i), redesignated subsec. (b) as (a) and struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (a) read as follows: “There is authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year, to enable the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Center for Research Resources, to provide for the continued operation of the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (initiated in fiscal year 1992 under the authority of section 287 of this title).”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (i) by striking subsection (a) and redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively;

  5. Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2012

    Pub. L. 112–74 § 221(b)(4)(B)(iv) · 125 Stat. 1088

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 283n(b)

    Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(iv), substituted “in subsection (a), the” for “in subsection (a)” and made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 289a of this title

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(iv), substituted “in subsection (a), the” for “in subsection (a)” and made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 289a of this title.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (iv) in subsection (b), as so redesignated— (I) by striking “in subsection (a)” and inserting “in subsection (a), the”; and (II) by striking “of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289a)”.

  6. Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2012

    Pub. L. 112–74 § 221(b)(4)(B)(i) · 125 Stat. 1088

    Redesignated · 42 U.S.C. § 283n(b)

    Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(i), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (a)

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(i), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (a).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (i) by striking subsection (a) and redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively;

  7. Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2012

    Pub. L. 112–74 § 221(b)(4)(B)(i) · 125 Stat. 1088

    Redesignated · 42 U.S.C. § 283n(c)

    Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(i), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(i), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (i) by striking subsection (a) and redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively;

8 of 8 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly set out as a note under section 287 of this title, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 112–74.

Amendments

2011—Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(iii), substituted “Director of NIH, acting through the Office of the Director of NIH,” for “Director of the National Center for Research Resources” in subsecs. (a) and (b).

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(ii), substituted “under the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program” for “under the program described in subsection (a)” in introductory provisions.

Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(i), redesignated subsec. (b) as (a) and struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (a) read as follows: “There is authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year, to enable the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Center for Research Resources, to provide for the continued operation of the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (initiated in fiscal year 1992 under the authority of section 287 of this title).”

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(iv), substituted “in subsection (a), the” for “in subsection (a)” and made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 289a of this title.

Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(i), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (a).

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–74, § 221(b)(4)(B)(i), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b).

Credits

1944 · 2 acts
  1. 1944July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 404L, formerly Pub. L. 106–505, title III, § 305, , 114 Stat. 2335
  2. 1944renumbered July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 404L, and amended Pub. L. 112–74, div. F, title II, § 221(b)(4), , 125 Stat. 1088.
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(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 404L, formerly Pub. L. 106–505, title III, § 305, , 114 Stat. 2335; renumbered July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 404L, and amended Pub. L. 112–74, div. F, title II, § 221(b)(4), , 125 Stat. 1088.)

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