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[CITE: 42USC285n-2]

 
                 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 14--national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism
 
Sec. 285n-2. National Alcohol Research Centers; mandatory grant 
        for research of effects of alcohol on elderly
        

(a) Designation; procedures applicable for approval of applications

    The Secretary acting through the Institute may designate National 
Alcohol Research Centers for the purpose of interdisciplinary research 
relating to alcoholism and other biomedical, behavioral, and social 
issues related to alcoholism and alcohol abuse. No entity may be 
designated as a Center unless an application therefor has been submitted 
to, and approved by, the Secretary. Such an application shall be 
submitted in such manner and contain such information as the Secretary 
may reasonably require. The Secretary may not approve such an 
application unless--
        (1) the application contains or is supported by reasonable 
    assurances that--
            (A) the applicant has the experience, or capability, to 
        conduct, through biomedical, behavioral, social, and related 
        disciplines, long-term research on alcoholism and other alcohol 
        problems and to provide coordination of such research among such 
        disciplines;
            (B) the applicant has available to it sufficient facilities 
        (including laboratory, reference, and data analysis facilities) 
        to carry out the research plan contained in the application;
            (C) the applicant has facilities and personnel to provide 
        training in the prevention and treatment of alcoholism and other 
        alcohol problems;
            (D) the applicant has the capacity to train predoctoral and 
        postdoctoral students for careers in research on alcoholism and 
        other alcohol problems;
            (E) the applicant has the capacity to conduct courses on 
        alcohol problems and research on alcohol problems for 
        undergraduate and graduate students, and for medical and 
        osteopathic, nursing, social work, and other specialized 
        graduate students; and
            (F) the applicant has the capacity to conduct programs of 
        continuing education in such medical, legal, and social service 
        fields as the Secretary may require.\1\
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    \1\ So in original. The period probably should be ``; and''.

        (2) the application contains a detailed five-year plan for 
    research relating to alcoholism and other alcohol problems.

(b) Annual grants; amount; limitation on uses

    The Secretary shall, under such conditions as the Secretary may 
reasonably require, make annual grants to Centers which have been 
designated under this section. No funds provided under a grant under 
this subsection may be used for the purchase of any land or the 
purchase, construction, preservation, or repair of any building. For the 
purposes of the preceding sentence, the term ``construction'' has the 
meaning given that term by section 292a(1) \2\ of this title. The 
Secretary shall include in the grants made under this section for fiscal 
years beginning after September 30, 1981, a grant to a designated Center 
for research on the effects of alcohol on the elderly.
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(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 464J, formerly title V, Sec. 511, 
formerly Pub. L. 91-616, title V, Sec. 503, formerly Sec. 504, as added 
Pub. L. 94-371, Sec. 7, July 26, 1976, 90 Stat. 1039; amended Pub. L. 
95-622, title I, Sec. 110(d), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3420; Pub. L. 96-
180, Sec. 16, Jan. 2, 1980, 93 Stat. 1305; renumbered Sec. 503 of Pub. 
L. 91-616 and amended Pub. L. 97-35, title IX, Sec. 965(b), (c), Aug. 
13, 1981, 95 Stat. 594; renumbered Sec. 511 of act July 1, 1944, and 
amended Pub. L. 98-24, Sec. 2(b)(9), Apr. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 179; Pub. 
L. 99-570, title IV, Sec. 4008, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-115; 
renumbered title IV, Sec. 464J and amended Pub. L. 102-321, title I, 
Sec. 122(d), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 360; Pub. L. 102-352, 
Sec. 2(a)(2), Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 938.)

                       References in Text

    Section 292a of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the 
original a reference to section 701 of act July 1, 1944. Section 701 of 
that Act was omitted in the general revision of subchapter V of this 
chapter by Pub. L. 102-408, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 
1994. Pub. L. 102-408 enacted a new section 701 of act July 1, 1944, 
relating to statement of purpose, and a new section 702, relating to 
scope and duration of loan insurance program, which are classified to 
sections 292 and 292a, respectively, of this title. For provisions 
relating to definitions, see sections 292o and 295p of this title.

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 290bb-1 of this title 
prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 102-321.
    Section was formerly classified to section 4587 of this title prior 
to renumbering by Pub. L. 98-24.
    Section was formerly classified to section 4588 of this title prior 
to renumbering by Pub. L. 97-35.


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-352 substituted ``292a(1)'' for 
``292a(2)''.
    Pub. L. 102-321, Sec. 122(d)(2), struck ``or rental'' before ``of 
any land''.
    1986--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-570, Sec. 4008(1), which directed that 
subsec. (b) be amended by striking out ``or rental'' before ``any 
land'', could not be executed because ``or rental'' appeared before ``of 
any land''.
    Pub. L. 99-570, Sec. 4008(2), struck out ``rental,'' before 
``purchase''.
    1983--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-24, Sec. 2(b)(9)(B)(i), struck out 
direction that, insofar as practicable, the Secretary approve 
applications under this subsection in a manner resulting in an equitable 
geographic distribution of Centers.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-24, Sec. 2(b)(9)(B)(ii), (iii), struck out 
provision that no annual grant to any Center might exceed $1,500,000, 
and made a technical amendment to reference to section 292a of this 
title to reflect the transfer of this section to the Public Health 
Service Act.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-24, Sec. 2(b)(9)(B)(iv), struck out subsec. 
(c) which authorized $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years ending Sept. 
30, 1977, 1978, and 1979, $8,000,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 
1980, and $9,000,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1981.
    1981--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-35, Sec. 965(b), inserted provisions 
relating to grants made for fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1981.
    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-180, Sec. 16(a), substituted: in first 
sentence ``biomedical, behavioral, and social issues related to 
alcoholism and alcohol abuse'' for ``alcohol problems''; in par. (1)(B) 
``facilities (including laboratory, reference, and data analysis 
facilities) to carry out the research plan contained in the 
application'' for ``laboratory facilities and reference services 
(including reference services that will afford access to scientific 
alcohol literature)''; and in par. (1)(E) ``medical and osteopathic, 
nursing, social work, and other specialized graduate students; and'' for 
``medical and osteopathic students and physicians;'', and added par. 
(1)(F).
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-180, Sec. 16(b), increased annual grant 
limitation to $1,500,000 from $1,000,000.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-180, Sec. 16(c), authorized appropriation of 
$8,000,000 and $9,000,000 for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1980, and 
1981.
    1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-622 inserted provision following par. 
(2) relating to approval of applications under this subsection by the 
Secretary in a manner which results in equitable geographic distribution 
of Centers.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendments

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-352 effective immediately upon effectuation 
of amendment made by Pub. L. 102-321, see section 3(1) of Pub. L. 102-
352, set out as a note under section 285n of this title.
    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-321 effective Oct. 1, 1992, with provision 
for programs providing financial assistance, see section 801(c), (d) of 
Pub. L. 102-321, set out as a note under section 236 of this title.
