42 U.S.C. § 283a - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 42. The Public Health and Welfare § 283a. Annual reporting to increase interagency collaboration and coordination

(a)Collaboration with other HHS agencies

On an annual basis, the Director of NIH shall submit to the Secretary a report on the activities of the National Institutes of Health involving collaboration with other agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services.

(b)Clinical trials

Each calendar year, the Director of NIH shall submit to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs a report that identifies each clinical trial that is registered during such calendar year in the databank of information established under section 282(i) of this title.

(c)Human tissue samples

On an annual basis, the Director of NIH shall submit to the Congress a report that describes how the National Institutes of Health and its agencies store and track human tissue samples.

(d)First report

The first report under subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall be submitted not later than 1 year after January 15, 2007.