§285b–7b — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

§285b–7b Coordination of Federal asthma activities

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The institute director must use the National Asthma Education Prevention Program Coordinating Committee to list all federal programs that work on asthma and, working with relevant federal agencies and health groups, make a federal plan to respond to asthma. A Department of Housing and Urban Development representative must serve on the committee.

Title 42, §285b–7b

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(a)The Director of 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “the”. Institute shall, through the National Asthma Education Prevention Program Coordinating Committee—

(1)identify all Federal programs that carry out asthma-related activities; and

(2)develop, in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies and professional and voluntary health organizations, a Federal plan for responding to asthma.

(b)A representative of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be included on the National Asthma Education Prevention Program Coordinating Committee for the purpose of performing the tasks described in subsection (a).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2007—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–482, § 104(b)(1)(G), inserted “and” at end of par. (1), substituted a period for “; and” at end of par. (2), and struck out par. (3) which read as follows: “not later than 12 months after October 17, 2000, submit recommendations to the appropriate committees of the Congress on ways to strengthen and improve the coordination of asthma-related activities of the Federal Government.” Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–482, § 103(b)(19), struck out heading and text of subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2007 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 109–482 applicable only with respect to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2007 or subsequent fiscal years, see section 109 of Pub. L. 109–482, set out as a note under section 281 of this title.