Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§283f Requirements Regarding Surveys of Sexual Behavior

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part A — National Institutes of Health › § 283f

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Surveys of human sexual behavior funded or supported by the NIH can only proceed if two things happen. The plan must be reviewed under sections 289 and 289a, and the Secretary, under section 289a–1, must find the survey will reduce sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, or other infections, or improve reproductive or other health.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §283f

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With respect to any survey of human sexual behavior proposed to be conducted or supported through the National Institutes of Health, the survey may not be carried out unless—
(1)the proposal has undergone review in accordance with any applicable requirements of section 289 and 289a of this title; and
(2)the Secretary, in accordance with section 289a–1 of this title, makes a determination that the information expected to be obtained through the survey will assist—
(A)in reducing the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases, the incidence of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, or the incidence of any other infectious disease; or
(B)in improving reproductive health or other conditions of health.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Prohibition Against SHARP Adult Sex Survey and American Teenage Sex Survey Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2015,
June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 217, provided that: “The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not during fiscal year 1993 or any subsequent fiscal year conduct or support the SHARP survey of adult sexual behavior or the American Teenage Study of adolescent sexual behavior. This section becomes effective on the date of the enactment of this Act [
June 10, 1993].”

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 283f

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102