; and (8) stewardship and accountability should be provided to the Congress and the President for measurable and sustainable progress toward health disparity elimination. 906. GAO and NIH reports (a) GAO report on NIH grant racial and ethnic diversity (1) In general The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the racial and ethnic diversity among the following groups: (A) All applicants for grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements awarded by the National Institutes of Health during the period beginning on January 1, 2006, and ending December 31, 2017. (B) All recipients of such grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements during such period. (C) All members of the peer review panels of such applicants and recipients, respectively. (2) Report Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall complete the study under paragraph (1) and submit to Congress a report containing the results of such study. (b) NIH report on certain authority of National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with the Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, shall submit to Congress a report that details and evaluates— (1) the steps taken during the applicable report period by the Director of the National Institutes of Health to enforce the expanded planning, coordination, review, and evaluation authority provided the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities under section 464z–3(h) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 285(h) ) over all minority health and health disparity research that is conducted or supported by the Institutes and Centers at the National Institutes of Health