1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “John Lewis NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act of 2021”.
John Lewis NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act of 2021
AN ACT
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that the authority of the Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to make certain research endowments applies with respect to both current and former centers of excellence, and for other purposes.
2. Research endowments at both current and former centers of excellence
Paragraph (1) (beginning with “(1) In general”) of section 464z–3(h) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285t(h)) is amended to read as follows:
“(1) In general—The Director of the Institute may carry out a program to facilitate minority health disparities research and other health disparities research by providing for research endowments—
“(A) at current or former centers of excellence under section 736; and
“(B) at current or former centers of excellence under section 464z–4.”