Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§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
Summary
NIH must create an electronic coding system. It must code research grants and activities of the Director's Office and all national institutes and centers, be searchable by codes, and, when allowed, include related papers and patents.
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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
Effective Date
of 2007 Amendment note under section 281 of this title.
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42 U.S.C. § 282b
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
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