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42 USC § 283a - Annual reporting to increase interagency collaboration and coordination 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s283a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 283a - Annual reporting to increase interagency collaboration and coordination"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "283a"
section_name: "Annual reporting to increase interagency collaboration and coordination"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "National Institutes of Health"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 403A, as added Pub. L. 109–482, title I, § 104(a)(3), Jan. 15, 2007, 120 Stat. 3691.)"
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# § 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** section 282(i) of this title

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 .

**(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** January 15, 2007

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

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**Source Credit**: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 403A, as added Pub. L. 109–482, title I, § 104(a)(3), Jan. 15, 2007, 120 Stat. 3691.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 403A of act , was renumbered section 403D and is classified to .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable only with respect to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2007 or subsequent fiscal years, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2007 Amendment note under .