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[CITE: 42USC285o-3]

 
                 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 15--national institute on drug abuse
 
Sec. 285o-3. Office on AIDS

    The Director of the Institute shall establish within the Institute 
an Office on AIDS. The Office shall be responsible for the coordination 
of research and determining the direction of the Institute with respect 
to AIDS research related to--
        (1) primary prevention of the spread of HIV, including 
    transmission via drug abuse;
        (2) drug abuse services research; and
        (3) other matters determined appropriate by the Director.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 464O, as added Pub. L. 102-321, 
title I, Sec. 123(b), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 362.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 1, 1992, with provision for programs 
providing financial assistance, see section 801(c), (d) of Pub. L. 102-
321, set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment note under section 
236 of this title.


                  Study by National Academy of Sciences

    Section 706 of Pub. L. 102-321 directed Secretary of Health and 
Human Services to contract for a study or studies relating to programs 
that provide both sterile hypodermic needles and bleach to individuals 
in order to reduce the risk of contracting acquired immune deficiency 
syndrome or related conditions, in order to determine extent to which 
such programs promote the abuse of drugs or otherwise altered any 
behaviors constituting a substantial risk of contracting AIDS or 
hepatitus, or of transmitting such conditions, and further directed 
Secretary to ensure that a report is submitted to Congress on the 
results of this study not later than 18 months after July 10, 1992.
