S 988 · 96th Congress · Health

Health Programs Extension Act of 1980

Introduced 1979-04-23· Sponsored by Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]· Senate

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Latest: Public Law 96-538.(1980-12-17)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Health Science Promotion Act of 1979 - Title I: President's Council on the Health Sciences - Amends title IV of the Public Health Service Act (National Research Institutes) to replace the National Advisory Health Council with a new 15-member President's Council for the Health Sciences. Directs the Council, after consideration of specified criteria, to prepare a National Health Sciences Plan to be simultaneously transmitted to the President, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Congress, by November 30 of each year. Requires such Plan to set forth a recommended budget for health sciences research with the Department of HEW for the coming fiscal year, and priorities for research expenditure for the subsequent four years. Terminates the Council on December 31, 1985. Title II: National Institutes of Health - Establishes in the Public Health Service the National Institutes of Health (which was abolished as a statutory entity by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966). Sets forth the goals of the Institutes, and authorizes the Director of the Institutes to perform specified functions to achieve such goals. Requires the Director to: (1) assure that not less than 45 percent of all fun…

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Cosponsors (4)

2 Democrats2 Republicans