GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING THE CENTER.

SEC. 104. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING THE CENTER. Subpart 6 of part E of title IV of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 103 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following section: “SEC. 485H. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING THE CENTER. “(a) Administrative Support for Center.—The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall provide administrative support and support services to the 114 STAT. 2504Director of the Center and shall ensure that such support takes maximum advantage of existing administrative structures at the agencies of the National Institutes of Health. “(b) Evaluation and Report.— “(1) Evaluation.—Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this subpart, the Secretary shall conduct an evaluation to— “(A) determine the effect of this subpart on the planning and coordination of health disparities research programs at the agencies of the National Institutes of Health; “(B) evaluate the extent to which this subpart has eliminated the duplication of administrative resources among such Institutes, centers and divisions; and “(C) provide, to the extent determined by the Secretary to be appropriate, recommendations concerning future legislative modifications with respect to this subpart, for both minority health disparities research and other health disparities research. “(2) Minority health disparities research.—The evaluation under paragraph (1) shall include a separate statement that applies subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such paragraph to minority health disparities research. “(3) Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date on which the evaluation is commenced under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives, a report concerning the results of such evaluation.”.