117 S320 IS: John Lewis NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act of 2021 U.S. Senate 2021-02-12 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II117th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 320IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESFebruary 12, 2021Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Mr. Schatz) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsA BILLTo amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that the authority of the Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to make certain research endowments applies with respect to both current and former centers of excellence, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the John Lewis NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act of 2021.

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Research endowments at both current and former centers of excellence

Paragraph (1) (beginning with (1) In general) of section 464z–3(h) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285t(h)) is amended to read as follows:(1)

In general

The Director of the Institute may carry out a program to facilitate minority health disparities research and other health disparities research by providing for research endowments—(A)at current or former centers of excellence under section 736; and(B)at current or former centers of excellence under section 464z–4..