§15066 Authorization of appropriations

Summary

The law lets the agency spend $30,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 and as much money as needed for fiscal years 2002 through 2007 to run the programs covered here, except for work under one specific subpart. After each center named elsewhere gets at least $500,000 that year, leftover money from that year’s appropriation must be set aside for the training programs found in another section. Money for technical help (except one listed subsection) must be reserved differently depending on the year: in a “covered year” the Secretary must set aside funds as required by a different rule; in a non‑covered year the Secretary must reserve no less than $300,000 and no more than 2 percent of the amount appropriated above. A “covered year” means any year before the first year when the yearly appropriation reaches at least $20,000,000. The Secretary may not spend more than $300,000 of these funds on peer review in fiscal year 2001. For later years, the limit is the FY2001 amount increased only if the Consumer Price Index shows a rise, using that percentage increase.