104 STAT. 3228 PUBLIC LAW 101-613—NOV. 16, 1990 disesises or disorders of the neurological, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, or any other physiological system (hereafter in this section referred to as 'medical rehabilitation'). "(c)(1) In carrying out the purpose described in subsection (b), the Director of the Center may— "(A) provide for clinical trials regarding medical rehabilitation; "(B) provide for research regarding model systems of medical rehabilitation; "(C) coordinate the activities of the Center with similar activities of other agencies of the Federal Government, including the other agencies of the National Institutes of Health, and with similar activities of other public entities and of private entities; "(D) support multidisciplinary medical rehabilitation research conducted or supported by more than one such agency; "(E) in consultation with the advisory council for the Institute and with the approval of the Director of NIH— "(i) establish technical and scientific peer review groups in addition to those appointed under section 402(b)(6); and "(ii) appoint the members of peer review groups established under subparagraph (A); and "(F) support medical rehabilitation research and training centers. The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the duration of a peer review group appointed under subparagraph (E). Government "(2) In carrying out this section, the Director of the Center may make grants and enter into cooperative agreements and contracts. "(d)(l) In consultation with the Director of the Center, the coordinating committee established under subsection (e), and the advisory board established under subsection (f), the Director of the Institute shall develop a comprehensive plan for the conduct and support of medical rehabilitation research (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Research Plan')- "(2) The Research Plan shall— "(A) identify current medical rehabilitation research activities conducted or supported by the Federal Government, opportunities and neecfe for additional research, and priorities for such research; and "(B) make recommendations for the coordination of such research conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health and other agencies of the Federal Government. "(3)(A) Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Amendments of 1990, the Director of the Institute shall transmit the Research Plan to the Director of NIH, who shall submit the Plan to the President and the Congress. "(B) Subparagraph (A) shall be carried out independently of the process of reporting that is required in sections 403 and 407. "(4) The Director of the Institute shall periodically revise and update the Research Plan as appropriate, after consultation with the Director of the Center, the coordinating committee established under subsection (e), and the advisory board established under subsection (f). A description of any revisions in the Research Plan shall be contained in each report prepared under section 407 by the Director of the Institute. contracts.
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