PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988

102 STAT. 3077

research relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome and
set standards of safety and care for persons using such
materials;

"(5) may, in consultation with the advisory council for the
appropriate national research institute of the National In-
stitutes of Health, support—

"(A) research relating to acquired immune deficiency
syndrome conducted outside the United States by qualified
foreign professionals if such research can reasonably be
expected to benefit the people of the United States;

(B) collaborative research involving American and for-
eign participants; and.

"(C) the training of American scientists abroad and for-
eign scientists in the United States;

"(6) may encourage and coordinate research relating to
acquired immune deficiency syndrome conducted by any
industrial concern that evidences a particular capability for the
conduct of such research;

"(7)(A) may, in consultation with such advisory council, ac-
quire, improve, repair, operate, and maintain laboratories,
other research facilities, equipment, and such other real or
personal property as the Director of the National Institutes of
Health determines necessary;

"(B) may, in consultation with such advisory council, make
grants for the construction or renovation of facilities; and

"(C) may, in consultation with such advisory council, acquire,
without regard to the Act of March 3, 1877 (40 U.S.C. 34) by
lease or otherwise through the Administrator of General Serv-
ices, buildings or parts of buildings in the District of Columbia
or communities located adjacent to the District of Columbia for
the use of the National Institutes of Health for a period not to
exceed ten years; and

"(8) subject to section 405(bX2) and without regard to section

3324 of title 31, United States Code, and section 3709 of the

Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5), may enter into such contracts

and cooperative agreements with any public agency, or with

any person, firm, association, corporation, or educational

institution, as may be necessary to expedite and coordinate

research relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

"(b) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—The Director of the National

Institutes of Health, acting through the Director of the Office of

AIDS Research, shall each fiscal year prepare and submit to the

Secretary, for inclusion in the comprehensive report required in

section 2301(a), a report—

"(1) describing and evaluating the progress made in such
fiscal year in research, treatment, and training with respect to
acquired immune deficiency syndrome conducted or supported
by the Institutes;

"(2) summarizing and analyzing expenditures made in such
fiscal year for activities with respect to acquired immune
deficiency syndrome conducted or supported by the National
Institutes of Health; and

"(3) containing such recommendations as the Director consid-
ers appropriate.

"(c) PROJECTS FOR COOPERATION AMONG PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
HEALTH ENTITIES.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Director of the
National Institutes of Health shall establish projects to promote

Real property.

Grants.

District of
Columbia.
Public buildings
and grounds.

Contracts.

State and local
governments.
Research and
development.