HR 8114 · 93th Congress · Health
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a National Institute of Population Sciences;
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.(1973-05-24)
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Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to establish in the Public Health Service the National Institute on Population Sciences to conduct research and training relating to population matters such as: (1) biomedical research in reproduction biology; (2) research in the development of fertility control technology; (3) research in the medical and other effects of fertility control methods; (4) research in the organization, delivery, and dissemination of fertility control methods and services; and (5) research in the social, behavioral, and demographic sciences. Establishes an Advisory Council to advise and consult with the Director of the Institute. Provides that the Council shall assume the duties of the National Advisory Health Council relating to population matters. Authorizes the Director to provide for the establishment of centers for basic, applied and directed research and other activities relating to human reproduction, fertility control, delivery of fertility control services, sterility, population growth, distribution, density, and change, and other factors which affect population dynamics. Authorizes the Director to make provisions for scientific peer review…
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14 Democrats6 Republicans