§283. Biennial report of Director to President and Congress; contents

The Secretary shall transmit to the President and to the Congress a biennial report which shall be prepared by the Director of NIH and which shall consist of-

(1) a description of the activities carried out by and through the National Institutes of Health and the policies respecting the programs of the National Institutes of Health and such recommendations respecting such policies as the Secretary considers appropriate;

(2) a description of the activities undertaken to improve grants and contracting accountability and technical and scientific peer review procedures of the National Institutes of Health and the national research institutes;

(3) the reports made by the Associate Director for Prevention under section 282(f) of this title during the period for which the biennial report is prepared;

(4) a description of the health related behavioral research that has been supported by the National Institutes of Health in the preceding 2-year period, and a description of any plans for future activity in such area; and

(5) the biennial reports of the Directors of each of the national research institutes, the Director of the Division of Research Resources, and the Director of the National Center for Nursing Research.

The first report under this section shall be submitted not later than July 1, 1986, and shall relate to the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985. The next report shall be submitted not later than December 30, 1988, and shall relate to the two-fiscal-year period ending on the preceding September 30. Each subsequent report shall be submitted not later than 90 days after the end of the two-fiscal-year period for which the report is to be submitted.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, §403, as added Nov. 20, 1985, Pub. L. 99–158, §2, 99 Stat. 826 ; amended Nov. 4, 1988, Pub. L. 100–607, title I, §112, 102 Stat. 3052 .)

Amendments

1988-Pars. (4), (5). Pub. L. 100–607 added par. (4) and redesignated former par. (4) as (5).

Change of Name

Division of Research Resources changed to National Center for Research Resources by Pub. L. 103–43, title XV, §1501, June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 172 .

National Center for Nursing Research changed to National Institute of Nursing Research by Pub. L. 103–43, title XV, §1511, June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 178 .

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 283e, 283g, 284b, 285g–4, 285q–3, 287a–1, 287d, 287d–2, 289a–2 of this title.