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[CITE: 42USC283f]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
                  Part A--National Institutes of Health
 
Sec. 283f. Requirements regarding surveys of sexual behavior

    With respect to any survey of human sexual behavior proposed to be 
conducted or supported through the National Institutes of Health, the 
survey may not be carried out unless--
        (1) the proposal has undergone review in accordance with any 
    applicable requirements of sections 289 and 289a of this title; and
        (2) the Secretary, in accordance with section 289a-1 of this 
    title, makes a determination that the information expected to be 
    obtained through the survey will assist--
            (A) in reducing the incidence of sexually transmitted 
        diseases, the incidence of infection with the human 
        immunodeficiency virus, or the incidence of any other infectious 
        disease; or
            (B) in improving reproductive health or other conditions of 
        health.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 404D, as added Pub. L. 103-43, 
title II, Sec. 207, June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 148.)


  Prohibition Against SHARP Adult Sex Survey and American Teenage Sex 
                                 Survey

    Section 2015 of Pub. L. 103-43 provided that: ``The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services may not during fiscal year 1993 or any 
subsequent fiscal year conduct or support the SHARP survey of adult 
sexual behavior or the American Teenage Study of adolescent sexual 
behavior. This section becomes effective on the date of the enactment of 
this Act [June 10, 1993].''
