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[CITE: 42USC283e]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
                  Part A--National Institutes of Health
 
Sec. 283e. Plan for use of animals in research


(a) Preparation

    The Director of NIH, after consultation with the committee 
established under subsection (e) of this section, shall prepare a plan--
        (1) for the National Institutes of Health to conduct or support 
    research into--
            (A) methods of biomedical research and experimentation that 
        do not require the use of animals;
            (B) methods of such research and experimentation that reduce 
        the number of animals used in such research;
            (C) methods of such research and experimentation that 
        produce less pain and distress in such animals; and
            (D) methods of such research and experimentation that 
        involve the use of marine life (other than marine mammals);

        (2) for establishing the validity and reliability of the methods 
    described in paragraph (1);
        (3) for encouraging the acceptance by the scientific community 
    of such methods that have been found to be valid and reliable; and
        (4) for training scientists in the use of such methods that have 
    been found to be valid and reliable.

(b) Submission to Congressional committees

    Not later than October 1, 1993, the Director of NIH shall submit to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, 
and to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, the 
plan required in subsection (a) of this section and shall begin 
implementation of the plan.

(c) Periodic review and revision

    The Director of NIH shall periodically review, and as appropriate, 
make revisions in the plan required under subsection (a) of this 
section. A description of any revision made in the plan shall be 
included in the first biennial report under section 283 of this title 
that is submitted after the revision is made.

(d) Dissemination of information

    The Director of NIH shall take such actions as may be appropriate to 
convey to scientists and others who use animals in biomedical or 
behavioral research or experimentation information respecting the 
methods found to be valid and reliable under subsection (a)(2) of this 
section.

(e) Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Use of Animals in Research

    (1) The Director of NIH shall establish within the National 
Institutes of Health a committee to be known as the Interagency 
Coordinating Committee on the Use of Animals in Research (in this 
subsection referred to as the ``Committee'').
    (2) The Committee shall provide advice to the Director of NIH on the 
preparation of the plan required in subsection (a) of this section.
    (3) The Committee shall be composed of--
        (A) the Directors of each of the national research institutes 
    and the Director of the Center for Research Resources (or the 
    designees of such Directors); and
        (B) representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
    Food and Drug Administration, the Consumer Product Safety 
    Commission, the National Science Foundation, and such additional 
    agencies as the Director of NIH determines to be appropriate, which 
    representatives shall include not less than one veterinarian with 
    expertise in laboratory-animal medicine.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 404C, as added Pub. L. 103-43, 
title II, Sec. 205(a), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 146.)

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives treated 
as referring to Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives by 
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 
of Title 2, The Congress.
