Sec. 1508.
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Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director shall be $1,528,181,000: That the fourth proviso under such heading shall be applied to funds appropriated by this Act by substituting the following: Provided , : . That $165,000,000 shall be for the National Children’s Study (NCS), except that not later than July 15, 2013 the Director shall estimate the amount needed for the NCS during fiscal year 2013, taking into account the succeeding proviso, and any funds in excess of the estimated need shall be transferred to and merged with the accounts for the various Institutes and Centers of NIH in proportion to their shares of total NIH appropriations made by this Act:
Provided further , That the Director shall contract with the National Academy of Sciences within 60 days of enactment of this Act to appoint an expert Institute of Medicine/National Research Council (IOM/NRC) panel to conduct a comprehensive review and issue a report regarding proposed methodologies for the NCS Main Study, including whether such methodologies are likely to produce scientifically sound results that are generalizable to the United States population and appropriate sub-populations:
Provided further , That no contracts shall be awarded for conducting the Main Study until at least 60 days after the IOM/NRC report has been available to the public: Provided further ,