Sec. 302. Care for NIH chimpanzees
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Section 404K(g) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 283m(g) ) is amended— by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: Of the amount appropriated for the National Institutes of Health, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section and for the care, maintenance, and transportation of all chimpanzees otherwise under the ownership or control of the National Institutes of Health, and to enable the National Institutes of Health to operate more efficiently and economically by decreasing the overall Federal cost of providing for the care, maintenance, and transportation of chimpanzees— for fiscal year 2014, $12,400,000; for fiscal year 2015, $11,650,000; for fiscal year 2016, $10,900,000; for fiscal year 2017, $10,150,000; and for fiscal year 2018, $9,400,000. ; by striking paragraph (2); by redesignating paragraph
(3)as paragraph (2); and in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— by striking With respect to amounts reserved under paragraph
(1)and inserting With respect to amounts authorized to be appropriated by paragraph
(1); and by striking board of directors and inserting Secretary in consultation with the board of directors . Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an independent evaluation, and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report, regarding chimpanzees under the ownership or control the National Institutes of Health. Such report shall review and assess— the research status of such chimpanzees; the cost for the care, maintenance, and transportation of such chimpanzees, including the cost broken down by— research or retirement status; services included in the care, maintenance, and transportation; and location; the extent to which matching requirements have been met pursuant to section 404K(e)(4) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 283m(e)(4) ); and any options for cost savings for the support and maintenance of such chimpanzees. Section 404K(g) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 283m(g) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Not later than 180 days after the date enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Appropriations in the House of Representatives a report, to be updated biennially, regarding— the care, maintenance, and transportation of the chimpanzees under the ownership or control of the National Institutes of Health; costs related to such care, maintenance, and transportation, and any other related costs; and the research status of such chimpanzees. .
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