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§242q Task Force on Aging Research; establishment and duties

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES › Part Part A— - Research and Investigations › § 242q

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Summary

Creates a Task Force on Aging Research at the Department of Health and Human Services. "Aging research" is defined in another part of the law. Each fiscal year the Task Force must tell the HHS Secretary which specific projects or types of aging research should be done or supported, say which of those should get funding first, and recommend how much money should be provided for that research. The Task Force may also share information about the research with health professionals and the public.

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Title 42, §242q

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(a)The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish a Task Force on Aging Research.
(b)With respect to aging research (as defined in section 242q–4 11 See References in Text note below. of this title), the Task Force each fiscal year shall—
(1)make recommendations to the Secretary specifying the particular projects of research, or the particular categories of research, that should be conducted or supported by the Secretary;
(2)of the projects specified under paragraph (1), make recommendations to the Secretary of the projects that should be given priority in the provision of funds; and
(3)make recommendations to the Secretary of the amount of funds that should be appropriated for such research.
(c)The Task Force may make available to health professionals, and to other members of the public, information regarding the research described in subsection (b).

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References in Text

section 242q–4 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “section 305”, meaning section 305 of Pub. L. 101–557. section 305 was renumbered section 304 by Pub. L. 109–482, title I, § 104(b)(3)(B), Jan. 15, 2007, 120 Stat. 3694. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Home Health Care and Alzheimer’s Disease

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of 1990, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.

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42 U.S.C. § 242q

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73