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[CITE: 42USC6007]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
  CHAPTER 75--PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 6007. Responsibilities of Secretary


(a) Regulations

    The Secretary, not later than one hundred eighty days after the date 
of enactment of any Act amending the provisions of this chapter, shall 
promulgate such regulations as may be required for the implementation of 
such amendments.

(b) Interagency committee

    Within 90 days after October 19, 1984, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and the Secretary of Education shall establish an 
interagency committee composed of representatives of the Administration 
on Developmental Disabilities, the Administration on Children, Youth and 
Families, the Administration on Aging, and the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, of the Department of Health and Human Services, 
the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services of the 
Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and such other Federal 
departments and agencies as the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
and the Secretary of Education consider appropriate. Such interagency 
committee shall meet regularly to coordinate and plan activities 
conducted by Federal departments and agencies for persons with 
developmental disabilities. Each meeting of the interagency committee 
(except for any meetings of any subcommittees of the committee) shall be 
open to the public. Notice of each meeting, and a statement of the 
agenda for the meeting, shall be published in the Federal Register not 
later than 14 days before the date on which the meeting is to occur.

(Pub. L. 88-164, title I, Sec. 108, as added Pub. L. 98-527, Sec. 2, 
Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2669; amended Pub. L. 101-496, Sec. 7, Oct. 31, 
1990, 104 Stat. 1195; Pub. L. 103-230, title I, Sec. 109, Apr. 6, 1994, 
108 Stat. 296.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 6007, Pub. L. 88-164, title I, Sec. 108, formerly 
Sec. 133, as added Pub. L. 91-517, title I, Sec. 101(b), Oct. 30, 1970, 
84 Stat. 1318, and renumbered and amended Pub. L. 94-103, title I, 
Sec. 126(a), Oct. 4, 1975, 89 Stat. 499, established National Advisory 
Council on Services and Facilities for Developmentally Disabled and 
provided for membership, terms of office, compensation and traveling 
expenses, and duties and functions, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95-602, 
title V, Sec. 504(a), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 3006.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 109(a), reenacted section catchline 
without change.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 109(b)(1), inserted heading.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-230, Sec. 109(b)(2), inserted heading and 
substituted ``Within 90 days'' for ``Within ninety days'' and 
``Administration on Developmental Disabilities,'' for ``Administration 
for Developmental Disabilities''.
    1990--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-496 inserted ``the Administration on 
Children, Youth and Families, the Administration on Aging, and the 
Health Resources and Services Administration,'' after ``Developmental 
Disabilities'' and inserted sentences at end requiring each meeting be 
open to the public and notice of each meeting be published in the 
Federal Register not later than 14 days before the date of the meeting.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6006 of this title.
