The NIH Reform Act would split the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) into three separate research institutes: the National Institute of Allergic Diseases, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, and the National Institute of Immunologic Diseases. Each new institute would have its own director appointed by the President with Senate confirmation, serving five-year terms with the possibility of one reappointment. The bill would increase the total number of NIH institutes from 27 to 29 and directs the NIH director to manage an orderly transition of responsibilities from the current NIAID to the three new institutes. The legislation does not specify new funding amounts, instead reorganizing existing authorities and research responsibilities among the newly divided institutes, with the transition beginning upon the bill's enactment.
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