A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a National Institute on Population and Human Reproduction to be coordinated with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development by a National Science Policy Committee for Research on Human Development.
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 6, 1985)
Amends the Public Health Service Act to transfer certain functions of the Surgeon General regarding the Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Establishes within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a National Institute on Population and Human Reproduction to conduct and support basic and applied research, training, and related programs regarding human reproduction and the population sciences.
Establishes a related National Population and Human Reproduction Advisory Council.
Authorizes FY 1986 through 1988 appropriations for such Institute. Requires at least 25 percent of such annual appropriations to be spent for research and contraceptive development and evaluation.
Establishes a NICHD National Advisory Council for Mothers and Children.
Authorizes FY 1986 through 1988 appropriations for such Institute.
Requires the Directors of such Institutes to provide for scientific peer review of research and program grants.
Establishes within NIH a National Science Policy Committee for Research on Human Development with coordinating responsibilities for the budgets and planning of NICHD and the Population Institute.
What just happenedFeb 26, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Feb 26, 1985CommitteeH11000
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Feb 6, 1985IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Feb 6, 1985IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 1985IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House