107 STAT. 136 PUBLIC LAW 103-43—JUNE 10, 1993 conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health, any policies of the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding such inclusion that are in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act shall continue to apply to the projects referred to in the preceding sentence. PART II—OFFICE OF RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S HEALTH SEC. 141. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) IN GENERAL.— Title IV of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the preceding provisions of this title, is amended— 42 USC 287C-3. (1) by redesignating section 486 as section 485A; 42 USC^ (2) by redesignating parts F through H as parts G through I, respectively; and (3) by inserting after part E the following part: 288-290b. "P ART F —RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S HEALTH 42 USC 287d. " SEC. 486. OFFICE OF RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S HEALTH. " (a) ESTABLISHMENT. —T here is established within the Office of the Director of NIH an office to be known as the Office of Research on Women's Health (in this part referred to as the 'Office'). The Office shall be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the Director of NIH. "(b) PURPOSE. —The Director of the Office shall— "(1) identify projects of research on women's health that should be conducted or supported by the national research institutes; "(2) identify multidisciplinary research relating to research on women's health that should be so conducted or supported; "(3) carry out paragraphs (1) and (2) with respect to the aging process in women, with priority given to menopause; "(4) promote coordination and collaboration among entities conducting research identified under any of paragraphs (1) through (3); "(5) encourage the conduct of such research by entities receiving funds from the national research institutes; "(6) recommend an agenda for conducting and supporting such research; "(7) promote the sufficient allocation of the resources of the national research institutes for conducting and supporting such research; "(8) assist in the administration of section 492B with respect to the inclusion of women as subjects in clinical research; and "(9) prepare the report required in section 486B. "(c) COORDINATING COMMITTEE.— "(1) In carrying out subsection (b), the Director of the Office shall establish a committee to be known as the Coordinating Committee on Research on Women's Health (in this subsection referred to as the 'Coordinating Committee'). "(2) The Coordinating Committee shall be composed of the Directors of the national research institutes (or the designees of the Directors). "(3) The Director of the Office shall serve as the chair of the Coordinating Committee.
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