PURPOSE OF CENTER.

SEC. 1521. PURPOSE OF CENTER. Title TV of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 141(a)(1) of this Act and by paragraphs (1)(B) and (3)(B) of section 1511(b) of this Act, is amended— (1) in section 401(b)(2), by adding at the end the following subparagraph: “(D) The National Center for Human Genome Research.”; and (2) in part E, by adding at the end the following subpart: “Subpart 3— National Center for Human Genome Research “purpose of the center “Sec. 485B. (a) The general purpose of the National Center for Human Genome Research (in this subpart referred to as the ‘Center’) is to characterize the structure and function of the human genome, including the mapping and sequencing of individual genes. Such purpose includes— “(1) planning and coordinating the research goal of the genome project; “(2) reviewing and funding research proposals; “(3) developing training programs; “(4) coordinating international genome research; “(5) communicating advances in genome science to the public; and “(6) reviewing and funding proposals to address the ethical and legal issues associated with the genome project (including legal issues regarding patents). “(b) The Director of the Center may conduct and support research training— “(1) for which fellowship support is not provided under section 487; and “(2) that is not residency training of physicians or other health professionals. “(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), of the amounts appropriated to carry out subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the Director of the Center shall make available not less than 5 percent for carrying out paragraph (6) of such subsection. 107 STAT. 181 “(2) With respect to providing funds under subsection (a)(6) for proposals to address the ethical issues associated with the genome project, paragraph (1) shall not apply for a fiscal year if the Director of the Center certifies to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, that the Director has determined that an insufficient number of such proposals meet the applicable requirements of sections 491 and 492.”.