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[120 STAT. 3681]
PUBLIC LAW 109-000—MMMM. DD, 2006
[120 STAT. 3681]

PUBLIC LAW 109–482—JAN. 15, 2007

120 STAT. 3681

(1) shall be carried out by regulation in accordance with the procedures for substantive rules under section 553 of title 5, United States Code. A rule under the preceding sentence shall be considered a major rule for purposes of chapter 8 of such title (relating to congressional review of agency rulemaking). ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this title: ‘‘(1) The term ‘Director of NIH’ means the Director of the National Institutes of Health. ‘‘(2) The terms ‘national research institute’ and ‘national center’ mean an agency of the National Institutes of Health that is— ‘‘(A) listed in subsection (b) and not terminated under subsection (d)(2)(A); or ‘‘(B) established by the Director of NIH under such subsection. ‘‘(h) REFERENCES TO NIH.—For purposes of this title, a reference to the National Institutes of Health includes its agencies.’’. (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 281 et seq.) is amended— (1) by redesignating subpart 3 of part E as subpart 19; (2) by transferring subpart 19, as so redesignated, to part C of such title IV; (3) by inserting subpart 19, as so redesignated, after subpart 18 of such part C; and (4) in subpart 19, as so redesignated— (A) by redesignating section 485B as section 464z– 1; (B) by striking ‘‘National Center for Human Genome Research’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘National Human Genome Research Institute’’; and (C) by striking ‘‘Center’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Institute’’.

42 USC 287c.

42 USC 287c, 285s. 42 USC 285s.

SEC. 102. AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR OF NIH.

(a) SECRETARY ACTING THROUGH THE DIRECTOR.—Section 402(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282(b)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (14) as paragraph (22); (2) by striking paragraphs (12) and (13); (3) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (11) as paragraphs (14) through (21); (4) in paragraph (21) (as so redesignated), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; (5) in the matter after and below paragraph (22) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘paragraph (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (16)’’; and (6) by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that follows through paragraph (1) and inserting the following: ‘‘the Secretary, acting through the Director of NIH— ‘‘(1) shall carry out this title, including being responsible for the overall direction of the National Institutes of Health and for the establishment and implementation of general policies respecting the management and operation of programs and activities within the National Institutes of Health;’’. (b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—Section 402(b) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by subsection (a) of this section,

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