42 U.S.C. § 289c — Research on public health emergencies

If the Secretary decides, after consulting the Director of NIH, the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, or the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that a disease or disorder is a public health emergency, then the Secretary, acting through the Director of NIH, must: (1) speed up the advisory-council review under section 284a of this title, and the peer-group review under section 289a of this title, of grant applications and contract proposals for research on that disease or disorder; (2) use the public-exigency authority in section 6101 of title 41 to waive the normal advertising requirements for contract proposals for that research; (3) may give existing grants and contracts administrative supplemental increases to support new research relevant to the disease or disorder; and (4) must share information developed through research funded under this section — on the disease or disorder's cause, prevention, and treatment — with health professionals and the public. Any supplemental increase given under (3) cannot be more than half the grant's or contract's original amount.