REPORT WITH RESPECT TO ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN RESEARCH PROGRAMS.

SEC. 2073. REPORT WITH RESPECT TO ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN RESEARCH PROGRAMS. (a) Study.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall request the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a review of the research activities of the National Institutes of Health and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration. Such review shall include— (1) an evaluation of the appropriateness of administering health service programs in conjunction with the administration of biomedical and behavioral research; and (2) a determination of any areas of duplication in the research programs of the National Institutes of Health and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration. (b) Report.—Not later than 12 months after the date on which any contract requested in subsection (a) is entered into, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, to the extent practicable, provide for the completion of the review requested in such subsection and submit to the Congress a report describing the findings made as a result of the review. (c) Contract Authority.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services may enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to carry out the review requested in subsection (a).