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[CITE: 42USC285f-1]

 
                 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 6--national institute of allergy and infectious diseases
 
Sec. 285f-1. Research centers regarding chronic fatigue syndrome

    (a) The Director of the Institute, after consultation with the 
advisory council for the Institute, may make grants to, or enter into 
contracts with, public or nonprofit private entities for the development 
and operation of centers to conduct basic and clinical research on 
chronic fatigue syndrome.
    (b) Each center assisted under this section shall use the facilities 
of a single institution, or be formed from a consortium of cooperating 
institutions, meeting such requirements as may be prescribed by the 
Director of the Institute.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 447, as added Pub. L. 103-43, 
title IX, Sec. 902(a), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 164.)


                        Extramural Study Section

    Section 902(b) of Pub. L. 103-43 provided that: ``Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act [June 10, 1993], the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish an extramural 
study section for chronic fatigue syndrome research.''


             Research Activities on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    Section 1903 of Pub. L. 103-43 provided that: ``The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall, not later than October 1, 1993, and 
annually thereafter for the next 3 years, prepare and submit to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce [now Committee on Commerce] of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources 
of the Senate, a report that summarizes the research activities 
conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health concerning 
chronic fatigue syndrome. Such report should include information 
concerning grants made, cooperative agreements or contracts entered 
into, intramural activities, research priorities and needs, and a plan 
to address such priorities and needs.''

                          Codification

    Another section 447 of act July 1, 1944, was renumbered section 447A 
and is classified to section 285f-2 of this title.
