42 U.S.C. § 285m–5 — Interagency Coordinating Committee

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 100-553 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 207 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary may create an Interagency Coordinating Committee on deafness. It coordinates federal research and health programs on communication disorders. The NIH Director chairs it and it meets at least four times a year.

(a) Establishment: The Secretary may set up a committee called the Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Interagency Coordinating Committee. (b) Functions: This Committee must (1) coordinate the activities of the national research institutes, and (2) coordinate all federal health programs and activities related to deafness and communication disorders, to make sure those programs are adequate and technically sound, and that information flows fully between them. (c) Composition: The Committee is made up of the directors of the national research institutes and divisions that work on deafness and communication disorders, plus representatives of every other federal department or agency whose programs touch on this area. (d) Chairman; meetings: The Director of NIH (or a designee) chairs the Committee. It meets whenever the chair calls a meeting, but at least four times a year.

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(a) Establishment

The Secretary may establish a committee to be known as the Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Interagency Coordinating Committee (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Coordinating Committee”).

(b) Functions

The Coordinating Committee shall, with respect to deafness and other communication disorders—

(1)

provide for the coordination of the activities of the national research institutes; and

(2)

coordinate the aspects of all Federal health programs and activities relating to deafness and other communication disorders in order to assure the adequacy and technical soundness of such programs and activities and in order to provide for the full communication and exchange of information necessary to maintain adequate coordination of such programs and activities.

The Coordinating Committee shall be composed of the directors of each of the national research institutes and divisions involved in research with respect to deafness and other communication disorders and representatives of all other Federal departments and agencies whose programs involve health functions or responsibilities relevant to deafness and other communication disorders.

(d) Chairman; meetings

The Coordinating Committee shall be chaired by the Director of NIH (or the designee of the Director). The Committee shall meet at the call of the chair, but not less often than four times a year.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 464E, as added Pub. L. 100–553, § 2(4), Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2774, and Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2613(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4237; amended Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2613(b)(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4238; Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2008(b)(9), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 211; Pub. L. 109–482, title I, § 104(b)(1)(K), Jan. 15, 2007, 120 Stat. 3693.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1944Enacted · Pub. L. 100-553 · 102 Stat. 2774
1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-690 · 102 Stat. 4238
1993Amended · Pub. L. 103-43 · 107 Stat. 211
2007Amended · Pub. L. 109-482 · 120 Stat. 3693

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