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[CITE: 42USC285b-7]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
   Part C--Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes
 
          subpart 2--national heart, lung, and blood institute
 
Sec. 285b-7. National Center on Sleep Disorders Research


(a) Establishment

    Not later than 1 year after June 10, 1993, the Director of the 
Institute shall establish the National Center on Sleep Disorders 
Research (in this section referred to as the ``Center''). The Center 
shall be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the Director of 
the Institute.

(b) Purpose

    The general purpose of the Center is--
        (1) the conduct and support of research, training, health 
    information dissemination, and other activities with respect to 
    sleep disorders, including biological and circadian rhythm research, 
    basic understanding of sleep, chronobiological and other sleep 
    related research; and
        (2) to coordinate the activities of the Center with similar 
    activities of other Federal agencies, including the other agencies 
    of the National Institutes of Health, and similar activities of 
    other public entities and nonprofit entities.

(c) Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board

    (1) The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall 
establish a board to be known as the Sleep Disorders Research Advisory 
Board (in this section referred to as the ``Advisory Board'').
    (2) The Advisory Board shall advise, assist, consult with, and make 
recommendations to the Director of the National Institutes of Health, 
through the Director of the Institute, and the Director of the Center 
concerning matters relating to the scientific activities carried out by 
and through the Center and the policies respecting such activities, 
including recommendations with respect to the plan required in 
subsection (c) \1\ of this section.
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    (3)(A) The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall 
appoint to the Advisory Board 12 appropriately qualified representatives 
of the public who are not officers or employees of the Federal 
Government. Of such members, eight shall be representatives of health 
and scientific disciplines with respect to sleep disorders and four 
shall be individuals representing the interests of individuals with or 
undergoing treatment for sleep disorders.
    (B) The following officials shall serve as ex officio members of the 
Advisory Board:
        (i) The Director of the National Institutes of Health.
        (ii) The Director of the Center.
        (iii) The Director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood 
    Institute.
        (iv) The Director of the National Institute of Mental Health.
        (v) The Director of the National Institute on Aging.
        (vi) The Director of the National Institute of Child Health and 
    Human Development.
        (vii) The Director of the National Institute of Neurological 
    Disorders and Stroke.
        (viii) The Assistant Secretary for Health.
        (ix) The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs).
        (x) The Chief Medical Director of the Veterans' Administration.

    (4) The members of the Advisory Board shall, from among the members 
of the Advisory Board, designate an individual to serve as the chair of 
the Advisory Board.
    (5) Except as inconsistent with, or inapplicable to, this section, 
the provisions of section 284a of this title shall apply to the advisory 
board \2\ established under this section in the same manner as such 
provisions apply to any advisory council established under such section.
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(d) Development of comprehensive research plan; revision

    (1) After consultation with the Director of the Center and the 
advisory board \2\ established under subsection (c) of this section, the 
Director of the National Institutes of Health shall develop a 
comprehensive plan for the conduct and support of sleep disorders 
research.
    (2) The plan developed under paragraph (1) shall identify priorities 
with respect to such research and shall provide for the coordination of 
such research conducted or supported by the agencies of the National 
Institutes of Health.
    (3) The Director of the National Institutes of Health (after 
consultation with the Director of the Center and the advisory board \2\ 
established under subsection (c) of this section) shall revise the plan 
developed under paragraph (1) as appropriate.

(e) Collection and dissemination of information

    The Director of the Center, in cooperation with the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, is authorized to coordinate activities 
with the Department of Transportation, the Department of Defense, the 
Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and the Department of 
Commerce to collect data, conduct studies, and disseminate public 
information concerning the impact of sleep disorders and sleep 
deprivation.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 424, as added Pub. L. 103-43, 
title V, Sec. 503, June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 159.)

                         Change of Name

    Reference to Chief Medical Director of Department of Veterans 
Affairs deemed to refer to Under Secretary for Health of Department of 
Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 302(e) of Pub. L. 102-405, set out 
as a note under section 305 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits.
    Reference to Chief Medical Director of Veterans' Administration 
deemed to refer to Chief Medical Director of 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 201 of Title 38.


                     Termination of Advisory Boards

    Advisory 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 Congress, its duration is 
otherwise provided 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.
    Pub. L. 93-641, Sec. 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.
