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[CITE: 42USC2487a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 26B--BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH IN SPACE
 
Sec. 2487a. Biomedical research joint working group


(a) Establishment

    The Administrator and the Director of the National Institutes of 
Health shall jointly establish a working group to coordinate biomedical 
research activities in areas where a microgravity environment may 
contribute to significant progress in the understanding and treatment of 
diseases and other medical conditions. The joint working group shall 
formulate joint and complementary programs in such areas of research.

(b) Membership

    The joint working group shall include equal representation from the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National 
Institutes of Health, and shall include representation from National 
Institutes of Health councils, as selected by the Director of the 
National Institutes of Health, and from the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration Advisory Council.

(c) Annual reporting requirement

    The joint working group shall report annually to Congress on its 
progress in carrying out this section.

(d) Annual biomedical research symposia

    The working group shall organize annual symposia on biomedical 
research described in subsection (a) of this section under the joint 
sponsorship of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the 
National Institutes of Health.

(Pub. L. 102-588, title VI, Sec. 602, Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5130.)


                        ``Administrator'' Defined

    Administrator means Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, see section 102(f) of Pub. L. 102-588, 106 Stat. 
5110.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2487b, 2487c of this title.
