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[CITE: 42USC287c-11]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
                      Part E--Other Agencies of NIH
 
                subpart 4--office of dietary supplements
 
Sec. 287c-11. Dietary supplements


(a) Establishment

    The Secretary shall establish an Office of Dietary Supplements 
within the National Institutes of Health.

(b) Purpose

    The purposes of the Office are--
        (1) to explore more fully the potential role of dietary 
    supplements as a significant part of the efforts of the United 
    States to improve health care; and
        (2) to promote scientific study of the benefits of dietary 
    supplements in maintaining health and preventing chronic disease and 
    other health-related conditions.

(c) Duties

    The Director of the Office of Dietary Supplements shall--
        (1) conduct and coordinate scientific research within the 
    National Institutes of Health relating to dietary supplements and 
    the extent to which the use of dietary supplements can limit or 
    reduce the risk of diseases such as heart disease, cancer, birth 
    defects, osteoporosis, cataracts, or prostatism;
        (2) collect and compile the results of scientific research 
    relating to dietary supplements, including scientific data from 
    foreign sources or the Office of Alternative Medicine;
        (3) serve as the principal advisor to the Secretary and to the 
    Assistant Secretary for Health and provide advice to the Director of 
    the National Institutes of Health, the Director of the Centers for 
    Disease Control and Prevention, and the Commissioner of Food and 
    Drugs on issues relating to dietary supplements including--
            (A) dietary intake regulations;
            (B) the safety of dietary supplements;
            (C) claims characterizing the relationship between--
                (i) dietary supplements; and
                (ii)(I) prevention of disease or other health-related 
            conditions; and
                (II) maintenance of health; and

            (D) scientific issues arising in connection with the 
        labeling and composition of dietary supplements;

        (4) compile a database of scientific research on dietary 
    supplements and individual nutrients; and
        (5) coordinate funding relating to dietary supplements for the 
    National Institutes of Health.

(d) ``Dietary supplement'' defined

    As used in this section, the term ``dietary supplement'' has the 
meaning given the term in section 321(ff) of title 21.

(e) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and such sums as may be necessary for 
each subsequent fiscal year.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 485C, as added Pub. L. 103-417, 
Sec. 13(a), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4334.)
