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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§285m–5 Interagency Coordinating Committee

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part Part C— - Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes › Subpart subpart 13— - national institute on deafness and other communication disorders › § 285m–5

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can create a committee called the Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Interagency Coordinating Committee. It must coordinate research and federal health programs about deafness and other communication disorders, make sure those programs are technically sound, and help agencies share the information they need. The committee will include directors of national research institutes and divisions that study these conditions and representatives from other federal agencies with related health work. The NIH Director (or their designee) leads the committee, which must meet when the chair calls it but at least four times a year.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §285m–5

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)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)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.
(c)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)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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 100–553 and section 2613(a)(1) of Pub. L. 100–690 contained identical provisions enacting this section. See 1988 Amendment note below.

Amendments

2007—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–482 struck out subsec. (e) which read as follows: “Not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Coordinating Committee shall prepare and transmit to the Secretary, the Director of NIH, the Director of the Institute, and the advisory council for the Institute a report detailing the activities of the Committee in such fiscal year in carrying out subsection (b) of this section.” 1993—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 103–43 inserted “Coordinating” before “Committee” in first sentence of subsec. (d) and before first reference to “Committee” in subsec. (e). 1988—Pub. L. 100–690, § 2613(b)(2), amended this section to read as if the

Amendments

made by Pub. L. 100–690, § 2613(a)(1), which enacted this section, had not been enacted. See Codification note above.

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.

Effective Date

of 1988 AmendmentFor

Effective Date

of amendment by section 2613(b)(2) of Pub. L. 100–690, see section 2613(b)(1) of Pub. L. 100–690, set out as an Effect of Enactment of Similar Provisions note under section 285m of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 285m–5

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73