Biomedical Research, Training, and Medical Library Assistance Amendments of 1983

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Biomedical Research, Training, and Medical Library Assistance Amendments of 1983 - Title I: National Institutes of Health Cancer Programs - Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to include within the scope of cancer research and control, responsibility for projects relating to: (1) continuing care of cancer patients and their families; and (2) developmental research. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Requires the continued maintenance and operation of the International Cancer Research Data Bank. Requires the NCI Director to consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the appointment of advisory committees and the awarding of construction grants. Increases from $35,000 to $50,000 the ceiling on grants which may be directly approved by the NCI or the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Increases cancer research and demonstration center support authority from three to five years. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Includes Cooley's anemia and sickle cell anemia within the scope of NHLBI projects. Eliminates certain NHLBI personnel and appropriations reporting requirements. Requires the NHLBI Director to consult with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council concerning demonstration center assistance. Changes the name of the National Kidney Diseases Advisory Board to the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Advisory Board. Extends the expiration date of the Diabetes, Arthritis, Kidney and Urologic, and Digestive Diseases Advisory Boards through 1986. Establishes a National Institute (Institute) of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases in the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Redesignates the existing National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases as the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. States that the Institute shall conduct research and related activities concerning arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases, including sports-related disorders and skin diseases. Requires the Director of the Institute, with the advice of the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Advisory Council, to establish within 180 days a national plan to coordinate such activities. Requires an annual evaluation of the skin diseases programs. Establishes within the Institute: (1) the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Data System; and (2) the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986. Establishes within the Institute: (1) an Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee; and (2) a Skin Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee. Requires annual reports to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and to the Director of NIH. Establishes within the Institute a National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Advisory Council. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for arthritis and musculoskeletal demonstration projects and multipurpose disease centers. Requires the Institute to submit a biennial report. Transfers arthritis-related functions (including data system, advisory functions, coordinating functions, demonstration project, and multipurpose center), funds, personnel, and assets to the Institute from the existing National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Terminates the National Arthritis Advisory Board. Makes conforming amendments. Requires the Secretary, through NIH, to conduct a study of the existing combinations of disease research programs within the institutes and of the standards to be followed in establishing new or realigning existing institutes. Requires a report to the appropriate congressional committees within 18 months. Prohibits the establishment of any new institutes within six months of such reports' submission. Directs the Secretary to conduct and complete within 60 days a review of the disease research programs of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (as redesignated by this Act) to determine if any of these programs could be more effectively managed by other national research institutions. Title II: Other Programs - Eliminates payback requirements for National Research Awards. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986. Authorizes National Library of Medicine and medical libraries appropriations through FY 1986. Repeals certain requirements for the Secretary's annual report. Requires an annual report (the first due by January 1, 1984) to the appropriate congressional committees concerning NIH grant, contracting, and peer review improvement activities. Requires the Directors of the NIH institutes to notify their Advisory Boards of any investigations of grant or contract recipients unless such disclosure would jeopardize the investigation. Requires the Director of NIH to establish research application appeals procedures.

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  summary · EN · 16 May 1983

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  summary · EN · 11 March 1983

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