SPECIAL AUTHORITIES OF THE DIRECTOR.

SEC. 122. SPECIAL AUTHORITIES OF THE DIRECTOR. Section 413 (42 U.S.C. 285a-2(b)) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A)(i) in the first sentence, by striking “information and education center” and inserting “information and education program”; and (ii) in the second sentence, by inserting after “between the Institute” the following: “and the public and between the Institute and”; and (B) by inserting “(1)” after the subsection designation and adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Director of the Institute shall— “(A) provide public and patient information and education programs, providing information that will help individuals take personal steps to reduce their risk of cancer, to make them aware of early detection techniques and to motivate appropriate utilization of those techniques, to help individuals deal with cancer if it strikes, and to provide information to improve long-term survival; “(B) continue and expand programs to provide physicians and the public with state-of-the-art information on the treatment of particular forms of cancers, and to identify those clinical trials that might benefit patients while advancing knowledge of cancer treatment; “(C) assess the incorporation of state-of-the-art cancer treatments into clinical practice and the extent to which cancer patients receive such treatments and include the results of such assessments in the biennial reports required under section 407; “(D) maintain and operate the International Cancer Research Data Bank, which shall collect, catalog, store, and disseminate insofar as feasible the results of cancer research and treatment undertaken in any country for the use of any person involved in cancer research and treatment in any country; and 102 STAT. 3055 “(E) to the extent practicable, in disseminating the results of such cancer research and treatment, utilize information systems available to the public.”; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (5), by striking “with the approval of” and inserting “after consultation with”; and (B)(i) by adding “and” at the end of paragraph (8); and (ii) by striking paragraph (9) and redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (9).