INVESTMENT IN TOMORROW’S PEDIATRIC RESEARCHERS.

SEC. 1002. INVESTMENT IN TOMORROW’S PEDIATRIC RESEARCHERS. (a) In General.—Subpart 7 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 921 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: “investment in tomorrow’s pediatric researchers “Sec. 452G. (a) Enhanced Support.—In order to ensure the future supply of researchers dedicated to the care and research needs of children, the Director of the Institute, after consultation with the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall support activities to provide for— “(1) an increase in the number and size of institutional training grants to institutions supporting pediatric training; and 114 STAT. 1129 “(2) an increase in the number of career development awards for health professionals who intend to build careers in pediatric basic and clinical research. “(b) Authorization.—For the purpose of carrying out subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.”. (b) Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program.—Part G of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 288et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 487E the following section: “pediatric research loan repayment program “Sec. 487F. (a) In General.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of NIH, may establish a pediatric research loan repayment program. Through such program— “(1) the Secretary shall enter into contracts with qualified health professionals under which such professionals will agree to conduct pediatric research, in consideration of the Federal Government agreeing to repay, for each year of such service, not more than $35,000 of the principal and interest of the educational loans of such professionals; and “(2) the Secretary shall, for the purpose of providing reimbursements for tax liability resulting from payments made under paragraph (1) on behalf of an individual, make payments, in addition to payments under such paragraph, to the individual in an amount equal to 39 percent of the total amount of loan repayments made for the taxable year involved. “(b) Application of Other Provisions.—The provisions of sections 338B, 338C, and 338E shall, except as inconsistent with paragraph (1), apply to the program established under such para-graph to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Pro-gram established under subpart III of part D of title III. “(c) Funding.— “(1) In general.—For the purpose of carrying out this section with respect to a national research institute the Secretary may reserve, from amounts appropriated for such institute for the fiscal year involved, such amounts as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. “(2) Availability of funds.—Amounts made available to carry out this section shall remain available until the expiration of the second fiscal year beginning after the fiscal year for which such amounts were made available.”.