Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 107 Part 1.djvu/219

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PUBLIC LAW 103-43—JUNE 10, 1993 107 STAT. 193 required in section 2353) in consultation with the heads of the agencies of the National Institutes of Health, with the advisory councils of the agencies, and with the advisory council established under section 2352. "(3) COORDINATION.—The Director of the Office shall act as the primary Federal official with responsibihty for overseeing all AIDS research conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health, and "(A) shall serve to represent the National Institutes of Health AIDS Research Program at all relevant Executive branch task forces and committees; and "(B) shall maintain communications with all relevant Public Health Service agencies and with various other departments of the Federal Government, to ensure the timely transmission of information concerning advances in AIDS research and the clinical treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome and its related conditions, between these various agencies for dissemination to affected communities and health care providers. "SEC. 2352. ADVISORY COUNCIL; COORDINATING COMMITTEES. 42 USC ,,,.. _ 300cc-40a. "(a) ADVISORY COUNCIL. — "(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish an advisory council for the purpose of providing advice to the Director of the Office on carrying out this part. (Such council is referred to in this subsection as the 'Advisory Council'.) " (2) COMPOSITION, COMPENSATION, TERMS, CHAIR, ETC. — Subsections (b) through (g) of section 406 apply to the Advisory Coiuicil to the same extent and in the same manner as such subsections apply to advisory councils for the national research institutes, except that— "(A) in addition to the ex officio members specified in section 406(b)(2), there shall serve as such members of the Advisory (Council a representative from the advisory council of each of the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases; and "(B) with respect to the other national research institutes, there shall serve as ex officio members of such Council, in addition to such members specified in subparagraph (A), a representative from the advisory council of each of the 2 institutes that receive the greatest funding for AIDS activities. " (b) INDIVIDUAL COORDINATING COMMITTEES REGARDING RESEARCH DISCIPLINES. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —The Director of the Office shall establish, for each research discipline in which any activity under the plan required in section 2353 is carried out, a committee for the purpose of providing advice to the Director of the Office on carrying out this part with respect to such discipline. (Each such committee is referred to in this subsection as a 'coordinating committee'.) "(2) COMPOSITION.— Each coordinating committee shall be composed of representatives of the agencies of the National Institutes of Health with significant responsibilities regarding the research discipline involved.