HR 6601 · 93th Congress · Health
A bill to promote public health and welfare by expanding and improving the family planning services and population research activities of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
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Introduced2
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.(1973-04-04)
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Establishes, within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a National Population Sciences and Family Planning Services Administration. Establishes, within the Administration, a National Center for Family Planning Services, to carry out a public information services program for planning and development, manpower development and training, supervision of field services, and grants management. Establishes, within the Administration, a National Institute for Population Sciences to carry out reproductive physiology research, contraceptive development and evaluation, operational research, social science research, and grants mangement. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare shall utilize the Administration to administer programs and research related to population and family planning. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year such amounts as may be necessary to meet the administrative expenses of the Administration. Directs the Secretary, on January 1 after the Act, to make a report to the Congress setting forth a plan to be carried out over a period of 5 years for extention of family services, for research programs in reproductive physiology, contr…
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3 Democrats