§300cc–43 Emergency Discretionary Fund

Summary

Creates a special fund made from money Congress may give. The Director of the Office, after talking with the advisory council, can spend the money on AIDS activities and research that the National Institutes of Health is allowed to do. The Director can only spend money for a specific set of AIDS activities if the Director names the activities, they are new or add to an existing project, the Director finds a significant need, and that need was not covered in any House-passed appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (including NIH), Education, and related agencies as of June 30 of the fiscal year before the Director’s decision. Money committed to a set of activities can only be obligated for two years after the first obligation. The fund cannot be used to build, renovate, move, or buy land. It cannot be invested. Money cannot be spent on a project if Congress provided money for that project last year but did not in the current year’s appropriations, or if the law says the money cannot be spent. Peer review rules still apply. The fund can pay staff needed for approved activities, and those staff do not count toward any HHS full-time employee limits set by law on or before June 10, 1993. Authorized amounts: $100,000,000 for each fiscal year 1994, 1995, and 1996. Money in the fund stays available until spent. Definitions: Fund — the account created here. Identified set of AIDS activities — the specific activities the Director names.