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§282b Electronic Coding of Grants and Activities

Title 42 › Chapter 6A— PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter III— NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part A— National Institutes of Health › § 282b

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Create an electronic system that gives standard, searchable codes to all grants and research activities at the NIH. The Secretary, through the NIH Director, must also provide related literature and patent information when allowed.

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Title 42, §282b

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The Secretary, acting through the Director of NIH, shall establish an electronic system to uniformly code research grants and activities of the Office of the Director and of all the national research institutes and national centers. The electronic system shall be searchable by a variety of codes, such as the type of research grant, the research entity managing the grant, and the public health area of interest. When permissible, the Secretary, acting through the Director of NIH, shall provide information on relevant literature and patents that are associated with research activities of the National Institutes of Health.

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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

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of 2007 Amendment note under section 281 of this title.

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42 U.S.C. § 282b

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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