Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§285j Purpose of Institute
Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part C — Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes › subpart 10 — national institute of neurological disorders and stroke › § 285j
Summary
Runs and funds research, training, public information, and other programs on brain disorders and stroke.
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Title 42, §285j
The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The general purpose of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (hereafter in this subpart referred to as the “Institute”) is the conduct and support of research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to neurological disease and disorder and stroke.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1989—Pub. L. 101–93 substituted “disease and” for “disease and and”. 1988—Pub. L. 100–553 and Pub. L. 100–607 made identical
Amendments
, substituting “Neurological Disorders” for “Neurological and Communicative Disorders” and “and disorder and stroke” for “disorder, stroke, and disorders of human communication”. Pub. L. 100–690 amended this section to read as if the
Amendments
by Pub. L. 100–607 had not been enacted.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1988 AmendmentFor
Effective Date
of amendment by 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.
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42 U.S.C. § 285j
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
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