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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§286b–2 National Medical Libraries Assistance Advisory Board

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part D — National Library of Medicine › subpart 2 — financial assistance › § 286b–2

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The National Library of Medicine’s Board of Regents also serves as the National Medical Libraries Assistance Advisory Board. The Board must advise and help the Secretary write general rules and handle policy questions for running this part of the program. The Secretary can use any board member’s help beyond meetings for as long as the Secretary decides. Members who are not federal employees get pay, a per diem instead of subsistence, and travel costs when they attend meetings or serve at the Secretary’s request, paid under the same rules as section 210(c) of this title.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §286b–2

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(a)Board of Regents of National Library of Medicine to serve as
The Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine shall also serve as the National Medical Libraries Assistance Advisory Board (hereafter in this subpart referred to as the “Board”).
(b)Functions
The Board shall advise and assist the Secretary in the preparation of general regulations and with respect to policy matters arising in the administration of this subpart.
(c)Use of services of members by Secretary
The Secretary may use the services of any member of the Board, in connection with matters related to the administration of this part for such periods, in addition to conference periods, as the Secretary may determine.
(d)Compensation
Appointed members of the Board who are not otherwise in the employ of the United States, while attending conferences of the Board or otherwise serving at the request of the Secretary in connection with the administration of this subpart, shall be entitled to receive compensation, per diem in lieu of subsistence, and travel expenses in the same manner and under the same conditions as that prescribed under section 210(c) of this title when attending conferences, traveling, or serving at the request of the Secretary in connection with the Board’s function under this section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Advisory BoardsAdvisory boards established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a board established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such board is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a board established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Pub. L. 93–641, § 6, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2275, set out as a note under section 217a of this title, provided that an advisory committee established pursuant to the Public Health Service Act shall terminate at such time as may be specifically prescribed by an Act of Congress enacted after Jan. 4, 1975.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 286b–2

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110