text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Infertility Research Centers Act of 
  2002''.
  
  SEC. 2. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR RESEARCH CENTERS WITH RESPECT TO 
                INFERTILITY PREVENTION.
  
      Subpart 7 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
  (42 U.S.C. 285g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
  new section:
  
  ``SEC. 452H. RESEARCH CENTERS WITH RESPECT TO INFERTILITY PREVENTION.
  
      ``(a) In General.--The Director of the Institute, after 
  consultation with the advisory council for the Institute, shall make 
  grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or nonprofit private 
  entities for the development and operation of centers to conduct 
  activities for the purpose of improving methods of preventing 
  infertility.
      ``(b) Number of Centers.--In carrying out subsection (a), the 
  Director of the Institute shall, subject to the extent of amounts made 
  available in appropriations Acts, provide for the establishment of two 
  centers with respect to infertility prevention.
      ``(c) Use of Funds.--
              ``(1) In general.--Each center assisted under this section 
          shall, in carrying out the purpose of the center involved--
                      ``(A) conduct clinical and other applied research, 
                  including clinical trials of new or improved drugs and 
                  devices for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility 
                  in males and females;
                      ``(B) develop protocols for training physicians, 
                  scientists, nurses, and other health and allied health 
                  professionals;
                      ``(C) conduct training programs for such 
                  individuals;
                      ``(D) develop model continuing education programs 
                  for such professionals; and
                      ``(E) disseminate information to such professionals 
                  and the public.
              ``(2) Stipends.--A center may use funds provided under 
          subsection (a) to provide stipends for health and allied health 
          professionals enrolled in programs described in subparagraph 
          (C) of paragraph (1), and to provide fees to individuals 
          serving as subjects in clinical trials conducted under such 
          paragraph.
      ``(d) Coordination.--The Director of the Institute shall, as 
  appropriate, provide for the coordination of information among the 
  centers assisted under this section.
      ``(e) Facilities.--Each center assisted under subsection (a) shall 
  use the facilities of a single institution, or be formed from a 
  consortium of cooperating institutions, meeting such requirements as 
  may be prescribed by the Director of the Institute.
      ``(f) Period of Support.--Support of a center under subsection (a) 
  may be for a period not exceeding 5 years. Such period may be extended 
  for one or more additional periods not exceeding 5 years if the 
  operations of such center have been reviewed by an appropriate 
  technical and scientific peer review group established by the Director 
  and if such group has recommended to the Director that such period 
  should be extended.
      ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
  out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 
  for fiscal year 2003, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
  fiscal years 2004 and 2005.''.
  
  SEC. 3. LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH WITH RESPECT TO INFERTILITY 
                PREVENTION.
  
      Part F of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 287d 
  et seq.) is amended--
              (1) by redesignating the second section 487F (relating to 
          the pediatric research loan repayment program) as section 487G; 
          and
              (2) by inserting after section 487G (as so redesignated) 
          the following section:
  
  ``SEC. 487H. LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH WITH RESPECT TO 
                INFERTILITY PREVENTION.
  
      ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
  Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human 
  Development, shall establish a program of entering into agreements with 
  qualified health professionals (including graduate students) under 
  which such health professionals agree to conduct research with respect 
  to infertility prevention, in consideration of the Federal Government 
  agreeing to repay, for each year of such service, not more than $20,000 
  of the principal and interest of the educational loans of such health 
  professionals.
      ``(b) Application of Provisions.--The provisions of sections 338B, 
  338C, and 338E shall apply to the program established in subsection (a) 
  to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to 
  the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established in 
  subpart III of part D of title III.
      ``(c) Funding.--Amounts appropriated for carrying out this section 
  shall remain available until the expiration of the second fiscal year 
  beginning after the fiscal year for which the amounts were 
  appropriated.''.
target: Infertility Research Centers Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to mandate grants or contracts for two centers for improving methods of preventing infertility. Requires each center to: (1) conduct clinical and other applied research; (2) develop training protocols and conduct training; (3) develop model continuing education programs; and (4) disseminate information to professionals.Allows funds to be used for: (1) stipends for training program enrollees; and (2) fees to clinical trial subjects.Establishes a program of agreements with health professionals to conduct infertility prevention research in return for the Government repaying the professionals' educational loans.
feat_title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the development and operation of centers to conduct research with respect to infertility prevention, and for other purposes.