Office for Rare Disease Research Act of 1994

Office for Rare Disease Research Act of 1994 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) an Office for Rare Disease Research (the Office) to promote and coordinate the conduct of research on rare diseases through a strategic research plan and to establish and manage a rare disease research clinical database.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an advisory council to provide advice to the Director of the Office concerning carrying out the strategic research plan and other duties under this Act.

Requires such Director to: (1) develop a comprehensive plan for the conduct and support of research on rare diseases; (2) coordinate and disseminate information among the institutes and the public on rare diseases; (3) support research training and encourage the participation of a diversity of individuals in the conduct of rare diseases research; (4) identify projects or research on rare diseases that should be conducted or supported by NIH; (5) develop and maintain a central database on current government sponsored clinical research projects for rare diseases; (6) determine the need for registries of research subjects and epidemiological studies of rare disease populations; and (7) prepare biennial reports on the activities carried out or to be carried out by the Office and submit such reports to the Secretary and the Congress.