107th Congress

Session I - P.L. 107-20 Supplemental Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2001

On July 24, the President signed into law H.R. 2216, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001, as Public Law 107-20. The measure includes the following legislation relevant to NIH:

NLM - The conference bill language transfers "$7,115,000 from the National Library of Medicine to the Buildings and Facilities account to complete the design phase of a National Library of Medicine facility." NIBIB - Conference Report language states that "the conferees further understand that the National Institutes of Health will use funds appropriated to the Office of the Director to proceed with the planning and start-up activities of the newly authorized National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering."

Statement of the Managers - General Departmental Management - "The conferees are displeased with the way in which the Department of Health and Human Services has handled responses to the May 4, 2001, stem cell letter and its refusal to provide to the Committee on Appropriations the report, "Stem Cells: Scientific Progress and Future Research Directions,'' when requested. The conferees direct that specific information requests from the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies, on stem cell research or any other matter, shall be transmitted to the Committee on Appropriations in a prompt professional manner, and within the time frame specified in the request. The conferees further direct that scientific information requested by the Committee on Appropriations and prepared by government researchers and scientists, be transmitted to the Committee on Appropriations, uncensored and without delay." For further information, go to the Thomas Web Site.

Legislative Updates: Supplemental Appropriations Act.

For a chronology of legislation affecting NIH, refer to the NIH Almanac.