PUBLIC LAW 106-505—NOV. 13, 2000 114 STAT. 2335 "(4) WAIVER OF LIMITATIONS.—The limitations imposed under paragraph (1) may be waived at the discretion of the Director for appHcants meeting the conditions described in subsection (c). "(f) RECAPTURE OF PAYMENTS. —If, not later than 20 years after the completion of construction for which a grant has been awarded under subsection (a)— "(1) the applicant or other owner of the facility shall cease to be a public or non profit private entity; or "(2) the facility shall cease to be used for the research purposes for which it was constructed (unless the Director determines, in accordance with regulations, that there is good cause for releasing the applicant or other owner from obligation to do so), the United States shall be entitled to recover from the applicant or other owner of the facility the amount bearing the same ratio to the current value (as determined by an agreement between the parties or by action brought in the United States District Court for the district in which such facility is situated) of the facility as the amount of the Federal participation bore to the cost of the construction of such facility. "(g) GUIDELINES. —Not later than 6 months after the date of Deadline, the enactment of this section, the Director of the Center, after consultation with the Advisory Council, shall issue guidelines with respect to grants under subsection (a). "(h) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— The Director of the Center shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a biennial report concerning the status of the biomedical and behavioral research facilities and the availability and condition of technologically sophisticated laboratory equipment in the United States. Such reports shall be developed in concert with the report prepared by the National Science Foundation on the needs of research facilities of universities as required under section 108 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1986 (42 U.S.C. 1886). "(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002 and 2003.". SEC. 304. CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTERS. Section 481B(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 287a-3(a)) is amended by striking "1994" and all that follows through "$5,000,000" and inserting "2000 through 2002, reserve from the amounts appropriated under section 481A(i) such sums as necessary". SEC. 305. SHARED INSTRUMENTATION GRANT PROGRAM. 42 USC 287 note. (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 at seq.)).
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