PUBLIC LAW 106-525—NOV. 22, 2000
114 STAT. 2499
achieving the objectives, and designates the date by which
the objectives are expected to be achieved;
"(D) ensure that, with respect to amounts appropriated
for activities of the Center, the plan and budget give priority in the expenditure of funds to conducting and supporting minority health disparities research;
"(E) ensure that all amounts appropriated for such
activities are expended in accordamce with the plan and
budget;
"(F) review the plan and budget not less than annually,
and revise the plan and budget as appropriate;
"(G) ensure that the plan and budget serve as a broad,
binding statement of policies regarding minority health
disparities research and other health disparities research
activities of the agencies, but do not remove the responsibility of the heads of the agencies for the approval of
specific programs or projects, or for other details of the
daily administration of such activities, in accordance with
the plan and budget; and
"(H) promote coordination and collaboration among the
agencies conducting or supporting minority health or other
health disparities research.
" (2) CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF PLAN AND BUDGET. —With
respect to health disparities research activities of the agencies
of the National Institutes of Health, the Director of the Center
shall ensure that the plan and budget under paragraph (1)
provide for—
"(A) basic research and applied research, including
research and development with respect to products;
"(B) research that is conducted by the agencies;
"(C) research that is supported by the agencies;
"(D) proposals developed pursuant to solicitations by
the agencies and for proposals developed independently
of such solicitations; and
"(E) behavioral research and social sciences research,
which may include cultural and linguistic research in each
of the agencies.
"(3) MINORITY HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCH.—The plan
and budget under paragraph (1) shall include a separate statement of the plan and budget for minority health disparities
research.
" (g) PARTICIPATION IN CLINICAL RESEARCH. —The Director of
the Center shall work with the Director of NIH and the directors
of the agencies of the National Institutes of Health to carry out
the provisions of section 492B that relate to minority groups.
"(h) RESEARCH ENDOWMENTS.—
"(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Center may carry
out a program to facilitate minority health disparities research
and other health disparities research by providing for research
endowments at centers of excellence under section 736.
"(2) ELIGIBILITY. — The Director of the Center may provide
for a research endowment under paragraph (1) only if the
institution involved meets the following conditions:
"(A) The institution does not have an endowment that
is worth in excess of an amount equal to 50 percent of
the national average of endowment funds at institutions
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