Sec. 10. Prizes for priority research and development
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For fiscal year 2015, and each subsequent fiscal year, the Board shall establish and may periodically modify minimum levels of funding under section 9 for priority research and development. Of the amount appropriated to the Fund for a fiscal year, the Board shall use (subject to the establishment or modification of an applicable minimum level of funding under subsection (a)) not less than— 4 percent of such amount for global neglected diseases; 10 percent of such amount for orphan diseases; and 4 percent of such amount for global infectious diseases and other global public health priorities, including research on AIDS, AIDS vaccines, and medicines for responding to bioterrorism.
The advisory committee on research and development priorities (established pursuant to section 8(b)(3)) shall— solicit public input on research and development priorities; and periodically recommend to the Board modifications in the minimum levels of funding for prizes for priority research and development under this section. The Board shall adopt procedures to establish and periodically modify minimum levels of funding under section 9 for priority research and development.