National Biomedical Heart, Lung, Blood, Blood Vessel, and Research Training Act

passedUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

6 March 1975

Last action

11 December 1975 · Floor

Status

Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 7988 passed in lieu.

Summary

National Biomedical Heart, Lung, Blood, Blood Vessel, and Research Training Act - Title I: National Heart and Lung Institute - Directs the Director of the Institute to prepare in consultation with the National Heart and Lung Advisory Council and submit to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for transmittal to the President and the Congress simultaneously an annual report on the activities, progress, and accomplishments under the National Heart, Blood Vessel, Lung and Blood Disease program during the preceding year and a plan for the next five years, including projections of the staff required and recommendations for appropriations. Redesignates the Assistant Director for Health Information Programs as the Assistant Director for Prevention and Education. Authorizes $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, for heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood disease prevention and control programs. Authorizes cardiovascular, lung, and blood disease prevention programs to be carried out in chronic lung disease research and demonstration centers. Limits payments under the Act to heart, blood vessel, lung and blood disease centers to $5,000,000 for any year. Authorizes the Advisory Council to approve areas or research in heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases to be supported by the awarding of contracts and approve the percentage of the budget of the Institute which may be expended for such contracts. Excludes indirect costs in determining the maximum amount of research and training grant authorized by the National Heart and Lung Act. Authorizes $475,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for carrying out the programs of such Act. Title II: National Research Service Awards - Authorizes the awarding of National Research Awards for biomedical and behavioral research at Federal institutions. Authorizes $207,947,000 for the National Research Service Awards program for fiscal years 1975 and 1976.

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Timeline

6 March 1975
Introduced
Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
Source: IntroReferral
6 March 1975
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
5 December 1975
Reported
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare with amendments, S. Rept. 94-509.
Source: Committee
5 December 1975
Reported
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare with amendments, S. Rept. 94-509.
Source: Committee
11 December 1975
Floor
Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
Source: Floor

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Indefinitely postponed in Senate
summary · EN · 11 December 1975
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 6 March 1975
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Related records

related to → Health Research and Health Services Amendments of 1976

Sources

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/988
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us · 94-s-988 · source updated 2 September 2025