In order to ensure the future supply of researchers dedicated to the care and research needs of children, the Director of the Institute, after consultation with the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall support activities to provide for—

1. (1) an increase in the number and size of institutional training grants to institutions supporting pediatric training; and
2. (2) an increase in the number of career development awards for health professionals who intend to build careers in pediatric basic and clinical research, including pediatric pharmacological research.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 452G, as added Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title X, § 1002(a), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1128; amended Pub. L. 109–482, title I, § 103(b)(31), Jan. 15, 2007, 120 Stat. 3688; Pub. L. 110–85, title V, § 503(a), Sept. 27, 2007, 121 Stat. 890.)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2007—Pub. L. 109–482 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading before “In order to” and struck out heading and text of subsec. (b). Text read as follows: “For the purpose of carrying out subsection (a) of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.”

Par. (2). Pub. L. 110–85 inserted “, including pediatric pharmacological research” before period at end.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2007 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 109–482 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 a note under section 281 of this title.