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HEHS-96-90R 1 (1996-03-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaclcq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Healt, Education and Human Services Division B-271013 March 25, 1996 The Honorable Dan Miller House of Representatives The Honorable John Porter House of Representatives In your June 6, 1995, letter, you expressed concern that the costs of complying with the growing number of federal regulations may be affecting research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is the federal government's primary agency charged with conducting and supporting biomedical research. NIH grant funds may be spent on compliance activities required by a variety of regulations, thereby reducing funds available for research. In fiscal year (FY) 1995, NIH received over $11 billion in federal funds. Over 80 percent of these funds were devoted to NIH's Extramural Program, supporting biomedical research at 1,700 organizations around the nation. Most of the funding was awarded to colleges, universities, and medical schools. In addition, NIH supported more than 2,000 research projects conducted in its own laboratories through its Intramural Research Program. Researchers, including NIH grantees, are expected to comply with regulations issued by many federal agencies. These regulations were promulgated for a variety of reasons, such as promoting safety or protecting the environment, and apply to a variety of entities, including research facilities. For example, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration sets standards for worker protection and the Environmental Protection Agency regulates airborne emissions, including those from laboratories, following the provisions of the Clean Air Act. State and local governments also issue regulations in their jurisdictions that apply to researchers as well as to others. In addition to regulations established by other federal agencies, NIH establishes procedures that its grantees must follow in conducting research, ranging GAO/HEHS-96-90R Regulatory Compliance for NIH Grantees

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