22 U.S.C. § 2102: Authority of Secretary

Summary

The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare can use health research and training resources in foreign countries that work with the United States to carry out health and rehabilitation research and training. The Secretary can set up fellowships here and abroad, give grants or loans of equipment and materials to public or nonprofit groups, take part in international meetings, and help exchange research scientists and experts between countries. The Secretary can pay daily allowances, housing, and travel for those scientists at rates no higher than those for temporarily hired federal workers. The Secretary can also hire temporary experts or consultants, pay them up to $50 per day (including travel time), and cover their travel costs like those federal intermittent workers receive. Health research includes studies on causes and ways to prevent accidents, such as highway and aviation accidents. Participating foreign countries are those that cooperate with the United States on these programs.

Title 22, §2102

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(a)Use of health research and research training resources

To carry out the purposes of clause (1) of section 2101 of this title, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereafter referred to as the “Secretary”) may in the exercise of his responsibilities under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, sections 191 to 194 of title 42, and any other provision of law, to conduct and support health research and research training, including research and research training relating to the rehabilitation of the handicapped, make such use of health research and research training resources in participating foreign countries as he may deem necessary and desirable.

(b)Fellowships; equipment, meetings and conferences; interchange of scientists and experts; consultants; compensation and travel expenses

To carry out his responsibilities under this section the Secretary may—

(1)establish and maintain fellowships in the United States and in participating foreign countries;

(2)make grants to public institutions or agencies and to nonprofit private institutions or agencies in the United States and in participating foreign countries for the purpose of establishing and maintaining fellowships;

(3)make grants or loans of equipment, medical, biological, physical, or chemical substances or other materials, for use by public institutions or agencies, or nonprofit private institutions or agencies, or by individuals, in participating foreign countries;

(4)participate and otherwise cooperate in any international health or medical research or research training meetings, conferences, or other activities;

(5)facilitate the interchange between the United States and participating foreign countries, and among participating foreign countries, of research scientists and experts who are engaged in experiments and programs of research or research training, and in carrying out such purpose may pay per diem compensation, subsistence, and travel for such scientists and experts when away from their places of residence at rates not to exceed those provided in section 5703 of title 5 for persons in the Government service intermittently employed; and

(6)procure, in accordance with the provisions of section 3109 of title 5, the temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants; individuals so employed shall receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary, but not in excess of $50 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5 for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.

(c)Definitions

For the purposes of this section

(1)

(2)The term “participating foreign countries” means those foreign countries which cooperate with the United States in carrying out the purposes of this section.

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The Vocational Rehabilitation Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, 41 Stat. 735, which was classified generally to chapter 4 (§ 31 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor, and was repealed by § 500(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Pub. L. 93–112, title V, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 355. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is classified generally to chapter 16 (§ 701 et seq.) of Title 29. section 500(a), classified to section 790 of Title 29, in part provided that references to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act in any other provision of law be deemed reference to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Codification In subsec. (b)(5), (6), “section 5703 of title 5” and “section 3109 of title 5” substituted for “section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b–2)” and “section 15 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a)” respectively, on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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Transfer of Functions

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and offices relating to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 [see

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note above] of Secretary and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to Secretary and Department of Education and redesignation of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare as Secretary of Health and Human Services, see section 3441 and 3508 of Title 20, Education.

§2102 Authority of Secretary

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Title 22, §2102

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