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42 U.S.C. § 137 to 137g — Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, § 1313, 58 Stat. 714
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### Statutory Notes
Section 137, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 1, 50 Stat. 559, provided for establishment of National Cancer Institute. See [section 281 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section281&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137a, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 2, 50 Stat. 559, provided for powers and duties of Surgeon General. See [section 282 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section282&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137b, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 3, 50 Stat. 560, provided for establishment of National Advisory Cancer Council. See [section 218 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section218&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137c, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 4, 50 Stat. 560, provided for powers and functions of Council. See [section 284 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section284&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137d, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 5, 50 Stat. 561, provided for administration of powers by Surgeon General. See [section 283 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section283&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137e, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 6, 50 Stat. 561, provided for acceptance of gifts. See [section 283 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section283&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137f, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 7, 50 Stat. 561, provided for appropriations. See [section 285 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section285&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137g, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 8, 50 Stat. 562, related t
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### Statutory Notes
Section 137, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 1, 50 Stat. 559, provided for establishment of National Cancer Institute. See [section 281 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section281&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137a, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 2, 50 Stat. 559, provided for powers and duties of Surgeon General. See [section 282 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section282&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137b, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 3, 50 Stat. 560, provided for establishment of National Advisory Cancer Council. See [section 218 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section218&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137c, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 4, 50 Stat. 560, provided for powers and functions of Council. See [section 284 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section284&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137d, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 5, 50 Stat. 561, provided for administration of powers by Surgeon General. See [section 283 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section283&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137e, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 6, 50 Stat. 561, provided for acceptance of gifts. See [section 283 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section283&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137f, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 7, 50 Stat. 561, provided for appropriations. See [section 285 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section285&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137g, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 8, 50 Stat. 562, related to appointment of officers, functions under other provisions, regulations, reports, effective date, and citation. See sections 209, 216, 229, and 286 of this title.
#### Renumbering and Repeal of Repealing Act
Title XIII, § 1313, formerly title VI, § 611, of act July 1, 1944, which repealed these sections, was renumbered title VII, § 711, by act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, § 5, 60 Stat. 1049; § 713, by act Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 9(b), 62 Stat. 47; title VIII, § 813, by act July 30, 1956, ch. 779, § 3(b), 70 Stat. 721; title IX, § 913, by Pub. L. 88–581, § 4(b), Sept. 4, 1964, 78 Stat. 919; title X, § 1013, by Pub. L. 89–239, § 3(b), Oct. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 931; title XI, § 1113, by Pub. L. 91–572, § 6(b), Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1506; title XII, § 1213, by Pub. L. 92–294, § 3(b), May 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 137; title XIII, § 1313, by Pub. L. 93–154, § 2(b)(2), Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 604, and was repealed by Pub. L. 93–222, § 7(b), Dec. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 936.
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Subject to regulations, volunteer and uncompensated services may be accepted by the Secretary, or by any other officer or employee of the Department of Health and Human Services designated by him, for use in the operation of any health care facility or in the provision of health care.
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**(a) In general** The Director of NIH shall submit to the Congress on a triennial basis a report in accordance with this section. The first report shall be submitted not later than 1 year after January 15, 2007. Each such report shall include the following information:
(1) An assessment of the state of biomedical and behavioral research.
(2) A description of the activities conducted or supported by the agencies of the National Institutes of Health and policies respecting the programs of such agencies.
(3) A description of intra-National Institutes of Health activities, including—
(A) identification of the percentage of funds made available by each national research institute and national center with respect to each applicable fiscal year for conducting or supporting research that involves collaboration between the institute or center and 1 or more other national research institutes or national centers; and
(B) recommendations for promoting coordination of information among the centers of excellence.
(4) A catalog of all the research activities of the agencies, prepared in accordance with the following:
(A) The catalog shall, for each such activity—
(i) identify the agency or agencies involved;
(ii) state whether the activity was carried out directly by the agencies or was supported by the agencies and describe to what extent the agency was involved; and
(iii) identify whether the activity was carried out through a center of excellence.
(B) In the case of clinical research, the catalog shall, as appropriate, identify study populations by demographic variables, including biological and social variables and relevant age categories (such as pediatric subgroups), and determinants of health, that contribute to research on minority health and he
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**(a) Relation to Public Health Service** The National Institutes of Health is an agency of the Service.
**(b) National research institutes and national centers** The following agencies of the National Institutes of Health are national research institutes or national centers:
(1) The National Cancer Institute.
(2) The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
(3) The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
(4) The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
(5) The National Institute on Aging.
(6) The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
(7) The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
(8) The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
(9) The National Eye Institute.
(10) The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
(11) The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
(12) The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
(13) The National Institute on Drug Abuse.
(14) The National Institute of Mental Health.
(15) The National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
(16) The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
(17) The National Institute of Nursing Research.
(18) The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.
(19) The National Human Genome Research Institute.
(20) The National Library of Medicine.
(21) The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.
(22) The John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences.
(23) The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.
(24) The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
(25) Any other national center that, as an agency separate from
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**(a) Appointment**
(1) **In general** — The Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the President, and the Directors of the other national research institutes and national centers shall be appointed by the Secretary, acting through the Director of National Institutes of Health. Each Director of a national research institute or national center shall report directly to the Director of National Institutes of Health.
(2) **Appointment**
(A) *Term* — A Director of a national research institute or national center who is appointed by the Secretary, acting through the Director of National Institutes of Health, shall be appointed for 5 years.
(B) *Reappointment* — At the end of the term of a Director of a national research institute or national center, the Director may be reappointed in accordance with standards applicable to the relevant appointment mechanism. There shall be no limit on the number of terms that a Director may serve.
(C) *Vacancies* — If the office of a Director of a national research institute or national center becomes vacant before the end of such Director’s term, the Director appointed to fill the vacancy shall be appointed for a 5-year term starting on the date of such appointment.
(D) *Current directors* — Each Director of a national research institute or national center who is serving on December 13, 2016, shall be deemed to be appointed for a 5-year term under this subsection beginning on such date.
(E) *Rule of construction* — Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary or the Director of National Institutes of Health to terminate the appointment of a director referred to in subparagraph (A) before the expiration of such director’s 5-year term.
(F) *Nature of appointm
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**(a) Appointment** The National Institutes of Health shall be headed by the Director of NIH who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director of NIH shall perform functions as provided under subsection (b) and as the Secretary may otherwise prescribe.
**(b) Duties and authority** In carrying out the purposes of [section 241 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section241&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary, acting through the Director of NIH—
(1) shall carry out this subchapter, including being responsible for the overall direction of the National Institutes of Health and for the establishment and implementation of general policies respecting the management and operation of programs and activities within the National Institutes of Health;
(2) shall coordinate and oversee the operation of the national research institutes, national centers, and administrative entities within the National Institutes of Health;
(3) shall, in consultation with the heads of the national research institutes and national centers, be responsible for program coordination across the national research institutes and national centers, including conducting priority-setting reviews, to ensure that the research portfolio of the National Institutes of Health is balanced and free of unnecessary duplication, and takes advantage of collaborative, cross-cutting research;
(4) shall assemble accurate data to be used to assess research priorities, including—
(A) information to better evaluate scientific opportunity, public health burdens, and progress in reducing health disparities; and
(B) data on study populations of clinical research, funded by or conducted at each national research institute and
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The general purpose of the National Cancer Institute (hereafter in this subpart referred to as the “Institute”) is the conduct and support of research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.
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