UPDATES TO POLICIES TO IMPROVE DATA.

SEC. 2053. UPDATES TO POLICIES TO IMPROVE DATA. Section 492B(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289a-2(c)) is amended— (1) by striking “In the case” and inserting the following: “(1) In general.—In the case” ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(2) Reporting requirements.—For any new and competing project of clinical research subject to the requirements under this section that receives a grant award 1 year after the date of enactment of the 21st Century Cures Act, or any date thereafter, for which a valid analysis is provided under paragraph (1)— “(A) and which is an applicable clinical trial as defined in section 402(j), the entity conducting such clinical research shall submit the results of such valid analysis to the clinical trial registry data bank expanded under section 402(j)(3), and the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall, as appropriate, consider whether such entity has complied with the reporting requirement described in this subparagraph in awarding any future grant to such entity, including pursuant to section 402(j)(5)(A)(ii) when applicable; and “(B) the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall encourage the reporting of the results of such valid analysis described in paragraph (1) through any additional means determined appropriate by the Director.” .