REQUIREMENT REGARDING WOMEN AND INDIVIDUALS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS.

SEC. 1601. REQUIREMENT REGARDING WOMEN AND INDIVIDUALS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS. Section 487(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 288(a)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following paragraph: “(4) The Secretary shall carry out paragraph (1) in a manner that will result in the recruitment of women, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (including racial and ethnic minorities), into fields of biomedical or behavioral research and in the provision of research training to women and such individuals.”.