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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§285c–3 Interagency Coordinating Committees

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part C — Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes › subpart 3 — national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases › § 285c–3

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates three federal committees to improve and coordinate research and related federal health programs for diabetes, digestive diseases, and kidney, urologic, and blood diseases. The goal is to make sure research and health programs are technically sound and that agencies share the information they need. Each committee must include the directors of the national research institutes and the relevant institute division director, the Under Secretary for Health at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (or someone they appoint), and other federal agencies with related health roles as the Secretary decides. The NIH Director (or someone they appoint) leads each committee. The chair calls meetings, and each committee must meet at least four times a year.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §285c–3

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

(a)Establishment and purpose
For the purpose of
(1)
(2)coordinating those aspects of all Federal health programs and activities relating to such diseases to assure the adequacy and technical soundness of such programs and activities and to provide for the full communication and exchange of information necessary to maintain adequate coordination of such programs and activities;
the Secretary shall establish a Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee, a Digestive Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee, and a Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases Coordinating Committee (hereafter in this section individually referred to as a “Committee”).
(b)Membership; chairman; meetings
Each Committee shall be composed of the Directors of each of the national research institutes and divisions involved in research with respect to the diseases for which the Committee is established, the Division Director of the Institute for the diseases for which the Committee is established, the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (or the designees of such officers) and shall include representation from all other Federal departments and agencies whose programs involve health functions or responsibilities relevant to such diseases, as determined by the Secretary. Each Committee shall be chaired by the Director of NIH (or the designee of the Director). Each Committee shall meet at the call of the chairman, but not less often than four times a year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2007—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 109–482 struck out subsecs. (c) and (d) which required an annual report detailing the work of the Committee in carrying out subsec. (a) and an annual assessment on Federal pancreatic islet cell transplantation, respectively. 2004—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–362 added subsec. (d). 1992—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–405 substituted “Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs” for “Chief Medical Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs”. 1988—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–527 substituted “Chief Medical Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs” for “Chief Medical Director of the Veterans’ Administration”.

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 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 100–527 effective Mar. 15, 1989, see section 18(a) of Pub. L. 100–527, set out as a Department of Veterans Affairs Act note under section 301 of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 285c–3

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110