1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act . 2. Grants for research on and expanded access to experimental therapies for ALS (a) In General The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall award grants to eligible entities for purposes of supporting research on, and expanded access for individuals to, investigational drugs for the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, or cure of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis pursuant to an expanded access request submitted, and allowed to proceed by the Secretary, under section 561 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360bbb ). (b) Application An eligible entity seeking a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary shall specify. Such application shall specify a research objective relating to expanding access to investigational drugs (as described in subsection (a)) that would be supported by the award of such grant. (c) Selection Not later than 90 days after the date of submission of an application for a grant under this section, the Secretary shall determine whether to award the grant, taking into consideration whether awarding such grant will support a research objective relating to expanding access to investigational drugs (as described in subsection (a)), consistent with the mission of the National Institutes of Health. (d) Use of funds An eligible entity may use funds received through the grant— (1) to pay the manufacturer or sponsor for the direct costs of such drug (as authorized under section 312.8(d) of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)), if such costs are justified as part of peer review of the grant; (2) for the entity’s direct costs incurred in providing such drug consistent with the research mission of the grant