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114 STAT. 2763A-30 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX A (2) enter into reimbursable agreements with the Department of State using any funds appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services, for the purposes for which the funds were appropriated in accordance with authority granted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services or under authority governing the activities of the Department of State. (b) In exercising the authority set forth in subsection (a)(1), the Secretary of Health and Human Services— (1) shall not award contracts for performance of an inherently governmental function; and (2) shall follow otherwise applicable Federal procurement laws and regulations to the maximum extent practicable. SEC. 221. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director, National Institutes of Health, may enter into and administer a long-term lease for facilities for the purpose of providing laboratory, office and other space for biomedical and behavioral research at the Bayview Campus in Baltimore, Maryland: Provided, That the House and Senate Appropriations Committees will be notified of the terms and conditions of the lease upon its execution. SEC. 222. Of the funds appropriated in this Act for the National Institutes of Health, $5,800,000 shall be transferred to the Office of the Secretary, General Departmental Management to support the newly established Office for Human Research Protections. SEC. 223. Section 487E(a)(l) of the Public Health Service Act is amended by striking "as employees of the National Institutes of Health". SEC. 224. Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to vacancies in offices for which appointments must be made by the President, including any time limitation on serving in an acting capacity, the Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health as of January 12, 2000, may serve in that position until a new Director of the National Institutes of Health is confirmed by the Senate. SEC. 225. The National Neuroscience Research Center to be constructed on the National Institutes of Health Bethesda campus is hereby named the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center. This title may be cited as the "Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2001". TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EDUCATION REFORM For carrying out activities authorized by title IV of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act as in effect prior to September 30, 2000, and sections 3122, 3132, 3136, and 3141, parts B, C, and D of title III, and section 10105 and part I of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $1,880,710,000, of which $38,000,000 shall be for the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, and of which $191,950,000 shall be for section 3122: Provided, That up to one-half of 1 percent of the amount available under section 3132 shall be set aside for the outlying areas, to be distributed on the basis of their relative need as determined by the Secretary in accordance with the purposes of the program: Provided further. That if any State educational agency does not apply for a grant under section 3132, that State's allotment under section