PUBLIC LAW 98-160—NOV. 21, 1983 97 STAT. 1007 (ii) the Director, not later than 60 days after such notice is provided, shall submit to such committees a report evaluating and commenting on such determination. (C) If the Administrator notifies the Congress of a determination or determinations made pursuant to subparagraph (B), the matter or matters required under subparagraph (A) to be studied to which such determination or determinations apply shall not be required to be studied. If the Administrator notifies the Congress of a determi- nation made pursuant to subparagraph (B) that, taken as a whole, study under subparagraph (A) is not scientifically feasible, the requirement in subparagraph (A) that the Administrator provide for the conduct of epidemiological study shall cease to have effect as if repealed by law. (2) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Reports to Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees conSilttees of the Congress a report on the development of a protocol or protocols for study under paragraph (1)(A). With respect to any such protocol under consideration for development, or in the process of development, that has not been completed by the end of such year, the report shall include an estimate of the completion date for such protocol and an estimate of the cost to be incurred in developing such protocol. (3)(A) The Director of the Office of Technology Assessment shall monitor the development of the protocol or protocols for, and the conduct of, study under paragraph (1)(A) and shall submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress, at each of the times speci- fied in the next sentence, a report on such monitoring. Reports under the preceding sentence shall be submitted within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, within 12 months after such date, within 25 months after such date, and annually there- after until such study is completed. (B) If any protocol to which paragraph (2) applies (or any part of such protocol) is not completed by the end of the 12-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall periodically submit to such committees reports on the status of the development of such protocol. (4) When the Administrator has entered into a contract or agree- ment with an agency or person for the conduct of a study under paragraph (1)(A), the Administrator and such agency or person shall submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a joint report containing a copy of the contract and an estimate of the total cost of such study. (5)(A) Not later than 24 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report on the status of study under paragraph (1)(A). Such report shall contain (i) a descrip- tion of the progress on and any results obtained under such study, and (ii) such comments, and such recommendations for administra- tive and legislative action, as the Administrator considers appropri- ate in light of such progress and results. (B) The requirement in subparagraph (A) for the submission of annual reports shall expire upon the submission of a report after the completion of study under paragraph (1)(A). (6) A contract to carry out study under paragraph (1)(A) may not be entered into unless (A) appropriations for payments under the contract have been provided in advance, or (B) the contract provides that the obligation of the United States to make payments under the
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