Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§283a Annual reporting to increase interagency collaboration and coordination
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part Part A— - National Institutes of Health › § 283a
Summary
Each year the NIH Director must send three reports: to the Secretary of Health and Human Services about collaboration with HHS agencies; to the FDA Commissioner listing clinical trials registered that year in the section 282(i) databank; and to Congress on tissue-sample storage/tracking. First due not later than 1 year after January 15, 2007.
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Title 42, §283a
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(a)On an annual basis, the Director of NIH shall submit to the Secretary a report on the activities of the National Institutes of Health involving collaboration with other agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services.
(b)Each calendar year, the Director of NIH shall submit to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs a report that identifies each clinical trial that is registered during such calendar year in the databank of information established under section 282(i) of this title.
(c)On an annual basis, the Director of NIH shall submit to the Congress a report that describes how the National Institutes of Health and its agencies store and track human tissue samples.
(d)The first report under subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall be submitted not later than 1 year after January 15, 2007.
Legislative History
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 403A of act July 1, 1944, was renumbered section 403D and is classified to section 283a–3 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section applicable only with respect to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2007 or subsequent fiscal years, see section 109 of Pub. L. 109–482, set out as an
Effective Date
of 2007 Amendment note under section 281 of this title.
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42 U.S.C. § 283a
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73