§ 2626. — Development and evaluation of test methods.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC2626]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 53--TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER I--CONTROL OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Sec. 2626. Development and evaluation of test methods
(a) In general
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the
Administrator and acting through the Assistant Secretary for Health, may
conduct, and make grants to public and nonprofit private entities and
enter into contracts with public and private entities for, projects for
the development and evaluation of inexpensive and efficient methods (1)
for determining and evaluating the health and environmental effects of
chemical substances and mixtures, and their toxicity, persistence, and
other characteristics which affect health and the environment, and (2)
which may be used for the development of test data to meet the
requirements of rules promulgated under section 2603 of this title. The
Administrator shall consider such methods in prescribing under section
2603 of this title standards for the development of test data.
(b) Approval by Secretary
No grant may be made or contract entered into under subsection (a)
of this section unless an application therefor has been submitted to and
approved by the Secretary. Such an application shall be submitted in
such form and manner and contain such information as the Secretary may
require. The Secretary may apply such conditions to grants and contracts
under subsection (a) of this section as the Secretary determines are
necessary to carry out the purposes of such subsection. Contracts may be
entered into under such subsection without regard to section 3324(a) and
(b) of title 31 and section 5 of title 41.
(Pub. L. 94-469, title I, Sec. 27, Oct. 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 2049; Pub. L.
96-88, title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; renumbered
title I, Pub. L. 99-519, Sec. 3(c)(1), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2989;
Pub. L. 104-66, title I, Sec. 1061(a), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 719.)
Codification
In subsec. (b), ``section 3324(a) and (b) and title 31'' substituted
for reference to section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529) on
authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067,
the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
Amendments
1995--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-66 struck out heading and text of
subsec. (c). Text read as follows:
``(1) The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the President and
the Congress on or before January 1 of each year a report of the number
of grants made and contracts entered into under this section and the
results of such grants and contracts.
``(2) The Secretary shall periodically publish in the Federal
Register reports describing the progress and results of any contract
entered into or grant made under this section.''
Change of Name
``Secretary of Health and Human Services'' substituted for
``Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare'' in subsec. (a), pursuant
to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88, which is classified to section
3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2628 of this title.
