DISCRETIONARY FUND OF DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

SEC. 208. DISCRETIONARY FUND OF DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. Section 402 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 206 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following subsection: “(i) (1) There is established a fund, consisting of amounts appropriated under paragraph (3) and made available for the fund, for use by the Director of NIH to carry out the activities authorized in this Act for the National Institutes of Health. The purposes for which such fund may be expended include— “(A) providing for research on matters that have not received significant funding relative to other matters, responding to new issues and scientific emergencies, and acting on research opportunities of high priority; “(B) supporting research that is not exclusively within the authority or any single agency of such Institutes; and 107 STAT. 149 “(C) purchasing or renting equipment and quarters for activities of such Institutes. “(2) Not later than February 10 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report describing the activities undertaken and expenditures made under this section during the preceding fiscal year. The report may contain such comments of the Secretary regarding this section as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. “(3) For the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996”.