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[CITE: 38USC8155]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
            PART VI--ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
 
   CHAPTER 81--ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY 
FACILITIES; PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY; ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY
 
SUBCHAPTER IV--SHARING OF MEDICAL FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, AND INFORMATION
 
Sec. 8155. Pilot programs; grants to medical schools

    (a) The Secretary may establish an Advisory Subcommittee on Programs 
for Exchange of Medical Information, of the Special Medical Advisory 
Group, established under section 7312 of this title, to advise the 
Secretary on matters regarding the administration of this section and to 
coordinate these functions with other research and education programs in 
the Department of Medicine and Surgery. The Assistant Under Secretary 
for Health charged with administration of the Department of Medicine and 
Surgery medical research program shall be an ex officio member of this 
Subcommittee.
    (b) The Secretary, upon the recommendation of the Subcommittee, is 
authorized to make grants to medical schools, hospitals, and research 
centers to assist such medical schools, hospitals, and research centers 
in planning and carrying out agreements authorized by section 8154 of 
this title. Such grants may be used for the employment of personnel, the 
construction of facilities, the purchasing of equipment when necessary 
to implement such programs, and for such other purposes as will 
facilitate the administration of this section.
    (c)(1) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated an amount not 
to exceed $3,500,000 for fiscal year 1976; $1,700,000 for the period 
beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976; $4,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1977; $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1978; and $4,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1979 and for each of the three succeeding fiscal years, for 
the purpose of developing and carrying out medical information programs 
under this section on a pilot program basis and for the grants authority 
in subsection (b) of this section. Pilot programs authorized by this 
subsection shall be carried out at Department hospitals in 
geographically dispersed areas of the United States.
    (2) Funds authorized under this section shall not be available to 
pay the cost of hospital, medical, or other care of patients except to 
the extent that such cost is determined by the Secretary to be incident 
to research, training, or demonstration activities carried out under 
this section.
    (d) The Secretary, after consultation with the Subcommittee shall 
prescribe regulations covering the terms and conditions for making 
grants under this section.
    (e) Each recipient of a grant under this section shall keep such 
records as the Secretary may prescribe, including records which fully 
disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of 
such grant, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection 
with which such grant is made or used, and the amount of that portion of 
the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and 
such records as will facilitate an effective audit.
    (f) The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, 
or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access, for 
the purpose of audit and examination, to any books, documents, papers, 
and records of the recipient of any grant under this section which are 
pertinent to any such grant.

(Added Pub. L. 89-785, title II, Sec. 203, Nov. 7, 1966, 80 Stat. 1375, 
Sec. 5055; amended Pub. L. 92-69, Aug. 6, 1971, 85 Stat. 178; Pub. L. 
94-424, Sec. 1(2), Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1332; Pub. L. 94-581, title 
II, Secs. 206(e), 210(e)(13), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2859, 2865; Pub. 
L. 96-151, title I, Sec. 102(b), Dec. 20, 1979, 93 Stat. 1092; 
renumbered Sec. 8155 and amended Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, 
Sec. 402(b)(1), (d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239; Pub. L. 102-83, 
Sec. 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405; 
Pub. L. 102-405, title III, Sec. 302(c)(1), Oct. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 
1984; Pub. L. 103-446, title XII, Sec. 1201(d)(19), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 
Stat. 4684.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-446 substituted ``section 7312'' for 
``section 4112''.
    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-405 substituted ``Under Secretary for 
Health'' for ``Chief Medical Director''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 402(b)(1), renumbered section 5055 of 
this title as this section.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted 
``Secretary'' for ``Administrator'' in two places.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted 
``Secretary'' for ``Administrator''.
    Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 402(d)(1), substituted ``8154'' for ``5054''.
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(3), (4), substituted 
``Department'' for ``Veterans' Administration''.
    Subsecs. (c)(2), (d) to (f). Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 
substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator''.
    1979--Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 96-151 inserted authorization for the 
three succeeding fiscal years after fiscal year 1979.
    1976--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-581 substituted ``advise the 
Administrator'' for ``advise him'' and ``Assistant Chief Medical 
Director charged with administration of the Department of Medicine and 
Surgery medical research program'' for ``Assistant Chief Medical 
Director for Research and Education in Medicine''.
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 94-424 substituted provisions authorizing 
appropriations of $3,500,000 for fiscal year 1976; $1,700,000 for the 
period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending Sept. 30, 1976; $4,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1977; $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1978; and $4,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1979 for provisions authorizing appropriations of $3,000,000 
for each fiscal year 1968 through 1971, and such sums as may be 
necessary for each fiscal year 1972 through 1975.
    1971--Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 92-69 substituted provisions 
authorizing appropriations of amounts up to $3,000,000 for each fiscal 
year 1968 through 1971, and such sums as may be necessary for each 
fiscal year 1972 through 1975, for provisions authorizing appropriations 
of amounts up to $3,000,000 for each of the first four fiscal years 
following fiscal year in which this subchapter was enacted.

                         Change of Name

    Reference to Veterans Health Services and Research Administration 
(or to Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' 
Administration) deemed to refer to Veterans Health Administration 
pursuant to section 2 of Pub. L. 102-40, set out as a Renaming of 
Veterans Health Services and Research Administration note under section 
301 of this title.
    Reference to Department of Medicine and Surgery deemed to refer to 
Veterans Health Services and Research Administration of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, pursuant to section 10 of Pub. L. 100-527, set out 
as a Department of Veterans Affairs Act note under section 301 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 94-581 effective Oct. 21, 1976, see section 211 
of Pub. L. 94-581, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.


                    Termination of Advisory Councils

    Advisory councils in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not 
later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, 
unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an 
officer of the Federal Government, such council is renewed by 
appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in 
the case of a council established by the Congress, its duration is 
otherwise provided by law. Advisory councils 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 
council established by the President or an officer of the Federal 
Government, such council is renewed by appropriate action prior to the 
expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a council 
established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by 
law. See sections 3(2) and 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 
770, 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employees.
