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On January 15, the President signed H.R. 6164 as P.L. 109-482,
the National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006, affirming
the importance of NIH and its vital role in advancing biomedical
research to improve the health of the Nation.
- Provisions would revise Title IV of the PHS Act and create
the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic
Initiatives, to be supported by the Common Fund. The bill authorizes,
but does not appropriate, for NIH $30,331,309,000 for FY 2007,
$32,831,309,000 for FY 2008 and such sums as necessary for
FY 2009.
- The bill calls for the establishment of a Scientific Management
Review Board to review the structure of NIH every seven years.
- The bill also authorizes the NIH Director to award grants
for demonstration projects for research bridging the biological
sciences with the physical, chemical, mathematical, and computational
sciences; and authorizes the establishment of demonstration
programs that award grants, contracts, or engage in other transactions,
for high-impact, cutting-edge research demonstration programs.
- Finally, the bill deletes most reports pertaining to NIH
in current law and replaces them with one biennial report to
Congress.
(Note: The House passed the measure by a vote of 414 - 2 on
September 26, the Senate passed an amended version by unanimous
consent on December 8, and the House approved the Senate version
by voice vote on December 9.)
The agency will now move forward with implementing the legislation.
- The NIH Director established an Ad Hoc Working Group
of the NIH Steering Committee to be chaired by the NIH Deputy
Director and comprised of IC Directors and leadership in legislation,
policy, management, communications, extramural and intramural
activities, budget, and the Office of General Counsel to make
recommendations on the implementation of the legislation.
- The Ad Hoc Working Group is charged with completing
a careful, detailed analysis of the legislation and proposing
plans for the implementation of this significant legislation
that will aid NIH in serving the public and our scientific
community more effectively.
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Message from the NIH
Director Regarding the National Institutes of Health Reform
Act of 2006, January 22, 2007
- A Statement from
the NIH Director, Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Regarding the “National
Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006” (PDF - 93 KB), December
11, 2006
- HR6164, January
3, 2006
- Summary
of bill, Office of Legislative Policy and Analysis (OLPA)
This page was last reviewed on
April 18, 2007
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