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[CITE: 42USC300cc-40a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
  SUBCHAPTER XXI--RESEARCH WITH RESPECT TO ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY 
                                SYNDROME
 
                     Part D--Office of AIDS Research
 
            subpart i--interagency coordination of activities
 
Sec. 300cc-40a. Advisory Council; coordinating committees


(a) Advisory Council

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary shall establish an advisory council for the 
    purpose of providing advice to the Director of the Office on 
    carrying out this part. (Such council is referred to in this 
    subsection as the ``Advisory Council''.)

          (2) Composition, compensation, terms, chair, etc.

        Subsections (b) through (g) of section 284a of this title apply 
    to the Advisory Council to the same extent and in the same manner as 
    such subsections apply to advisory councils for the national 
    research institutes, except that--
            (A) in addition to the ex officio members specified in 
        section 284a(b)(2) of this title, there shall serve as such 
        members of the Advisory Council a representative from the 
        advisory council of each of the National Cancer Institute and 
        the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases; and
            (B) with respect to the other national research institutes, 
        there shall serve as ex officio members of such Council, in 
        addition to such members specified in subparagraph (A), a 
        representative from the advisory council of each of the 2 
        institutes that receive the greatest funding for AIDS 
        activities.

(b) Individual coordinating committees regarding research disciplines

                           (1) In general

        The Director of the Office shall establish, for each research 
    discipline in which any activity under the plan required in section 
    300cc-40b of this title is carried out, a committee for the purpose 
    of providing advice to the Director of the Office on carrying out 
    this part with respect to such discipline. (Each such committee is 
    referred to in this subsection as a ``coordinating committee''.)

                           (2) Composition

        Each coordinating committee shall be composed of representatives 
    of the agencies of the National Institutes of Health with 
    significant responsibilities regarding the research discipline 
    involved.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXIII, Sec. 2352, as added Pub. L. 103-43, 
title XVIII, Sec. 1801(a)(3), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 193.)


                    Termination of Advisory Councils

    Advisory councils 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 council established by the 
President or an officer of the Federal Government, such council is 
renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year 
period, or in the case of a council 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 300cc-40, 300cc-40b, 300cc-
43 of this title.
