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.
July 1, 1944, ch. 373 Pub. L. 109–482, title I, § 104(a)(3)120 Stat. 3689 (, title IV, § 402B, as added , , .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
section 109 of Pub. L. 109–482section 281 of this titleSection applicable only with respect to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2007 or subsequent fiscal years, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2007 Amendment note under .