United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 978 (99th)
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a National Institute on Population and Human Reproduction to be coordinated with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development by a National Science Policy Committee for Research on Human Development.
Introduced
6 February 1985
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Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
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Summary
Amends the Public Health Service Act to transfer certain functions of the Surgeon General regarding the Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Establishes within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a National Institute on Population and Human Reproduction to conduct and support basic and applied research, training, and related programs regarding human reproduction and the population sciences. Establishes a related National Population and Human Reproduction Advisory Council. Authorizes FY 1986 through 1988 appropriations for such Institute. Requires at least 25 percent of such annual appropriations to be spent for research and contraceptive development and evaluation. Establishes a NICHD National Advisory Council for Mothers and Children. Authorizes FY 1986 through 1988 appropriations for such Institute. Requires the Directors of such Institutes to provide for scientific peer review of research and program grants. Establishes within NIH a National Science Policy Committee for Research on Human Development with coordinating responsibilities for the budgets and planning of NICHD and the Population Institute.
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summary · EN · 6 February 1985
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/house-bill/978
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