42 U.S.C. § 300cc–41 — Additional authorities

(a) In general: In doing AIDS research, the Director of the Office has these powers. (1) The Director must develop and expand clinical trials of AIDS treatments and therapies, including trials aimed at women, infants, children, people with hemophilia, and minorities. (2) The Director may help establish or support large-scale development, early screening, production, or distribution of specialized biological materials and other substances used in AIDS research, and may set safety standards for people who use them. (3) The Director may support (A) AIDS research done outside the U.S. by qualified foreign researchers, if it can reasonably be expected to benefit people in the U.S., (B) collaborative research involving both American and foreign participants, and (C) training American scientists abroad and foreign scientists here. (4) The Director may encourage and coordinate AIDS research done by private industry that shows a particular ability to do it well. (5) The Director may (A) acquire, improve, repair, operate, and maintain labs, other research facilities, equipment, and other property needed for this work, (B) give grants for building or renovating facilities, and (C) - without following the normal property rule in section 8141 of title 40 - lease or otherwise get buildings, or parts of buildings, in Washington D.C. or nearby communities for NIH's use, for up to ten years. (6) Subject to section 284(b)(2), and without following the normal contracting rules in section 3324 of title 31 and section 6101 of title 41, the Director may sign contracts and cooperative agreements with any public agency, or with any person, firm, association, corporation, or school, as needed to speed up and coordinate AIDS research. (b) Projects for cooperation among public and private health entities: While carrying out (a), the Director must set up projects that get federal agencies, state, local, and regional public health agencies, and private organizations working together on research into diagnosing, preventing, and treating AIDS.