---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 287d–2"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "287d–2"
heading: "Biennial report"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/287d-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter III — National Research Institutes"
  - "Part F — Research on Women’s Health"
---

# §287d–2. Biennial report

- (a) **In general—** With respect to research on women’s health, the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Office shall, not later than February 1, 1994, and biennially thereafter, prepare a report—
  - (1) describing and evaluating the progress made during the preceding 2 fiscal years in research and [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11) conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health;
  - (2) describing and analyzing the professional status of women physicians and scientists of such Institutes, including the identification of problems and barriers regarding advancements;
  - (3) summarizing and analyzing expenditures made by the [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) of such Institutes (and by such Office) during the preceding 2 fiscal years; and
  - (4) making such recommendations for legislative and administrative initiatives as the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Office determines to be appropriate.
- (b) **Inclusion in biennial report of Director of NIH—** The [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Office shall submit each report prepared under [subsection (a)](#a) to the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of NIH for inclusion in the report submitted to the President and the Congress under [section 283 of this title](/usc/42/283.md).

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 486B, as added Pub. L. 103–43, title I, § 141(a)(3), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 139.)