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Not less than 20 per centum of the funds appropriated
for each fiscal year under this subsection shall be used for
the purposes of establishing new centers.

PART E-INSTITUTES OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT AND OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

ESTABLISHMENT OF INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

SEC. 441. (a) The Surgeon General is authorized, with 42 U.S.C. 289d the approval of the Secretary, to establish in the Public Health Service the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for the conduct and support of research and training relating to maternal health, child health, and human development, including research and training in the special health problems and requirements of mothers and children and in the basic sciences relating to the process of human growth and development, including prenatal development.

(b) The Secretary shall carry out through the National 42 U.S.C. 241 Institute of Child Health and Human Development the purposes of section 301 with respect to the conduct and support of research which specifically relates to sudden infant death syndrome.

ESTABLISHMENT OF INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL

SCIENCES

SEC. 442. The Surgeon General is authorized, with the 42 U.S.C. 2890 approval of the Secretary, to establish in the Public Health Service an institute for the conduct and support of research and training in the general or basic medical sciences and related natural or behavioral sciences which have significance for two or more other institutes, or are outside the general area of responsibility of any other institute, established under or by this Act.

ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COUNCILS

SEC. 443. (a) The Surgeon General is authorized, 42 U.B.C. 2891 with the approval of the Secretary, to establish an advisory council or committee to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Surgeon General on matters relating to the activities of the institute established under section 441. He may also, with such approval, establish such a council or committee with respect to the activities of the institute established under section 442.

(b) The provisions relating to the composition, terms of office of members, and reappointment of members of advisory councils or committees under section 432 (a) shall be applicable to any council or committee estab

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lished under this section, except that, in lieu of the requirement in such section that six of the members be outstanding in the study, diagnosis, or treatment of a disease or diseases, six of such members shall be selected from leading medical or scientific authorities who are outstanding in the field of research or training with respect to which the council or committee is being established, and except that the Surgeon General, with the approval of the Secretary, may include on any such council or committee established under this section such additional ex officio members as he deems necessary in the light of the functions of the institute with respect to which it is established.

(c) Upon appointment of any such council or committee, it shall assume all or such part as the Surgeon General may, with the approval of the Secretary, specify of the duties, functions, and powers of the National Advisory Health Council relating to the research or training projects with which such council or committee established under this part is concerned and such portion as the Surgeon General may specify (with such approval) of the duties, functions, and powers of any other advisory council or committee established under this Act relating to such projects.

FUNCTIONS

SEC. 444. The Secretary shall, through an institute established under this part, carry out the purposes of section 301 with respect to the conduct and support of research which is a function of such institute, except that the Secretary shall, in accordance with section 441 (b) determine the areas in which and the extent to which he will carry out such purposes of section 301 through such institute or an institute established by or under other provisions of this Act, or both of them, when both institutes have functions with respect to the same subject matter.

PRESERVATION OF EXISTING AUTHORITY

SEC. 445. Nothing in this part shall be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary under section 2 of the Act of April 9, 1912 (42 U.S.C. 192), or title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C., ch. 7, subch. V), or as affecting the authority of the Surgeon General to utilize institutes established under other provisions of this Act for research or training activities relating to maternal health, child health, and human development or to the general medical sciences and related sciences.

PART F-NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

SEC. 451. The Secretary is authorized to establish in 42 U.S.C. 2891 the Public Health Service an institute for the conduct and support of research for new treatment and cures and training relating to blinding eye diseases and visual disorders, including research and training in the special health problems and requirements of the blind and in the basic and clinical sciences relating to the mechanism of the visual function and preservation of sight. The Secretary is also authorized to plan for research and training, especially against the main causes of blindness and loss of visual function.

ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COUNCIL

SEC. 452. (a) The Secretary is authorized to establish 42 U.S.C. 289J an advisory council or committee to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to him on matters relating to the activities of the National Eye Institute.

(b) The provisions relating to the composition, terms of office of members, and reappointment of members of advisory councils under section 432 (a) shall be applicable to the council or committee established under this section, except that the Secretary may include on such council or committee established under this section such additional ex officio members as he deems necessary.

(c) Upon appointment of such council or committee, it shall assume all or such part as the Secretary may specify of the duties, functions, and powers of the National Advisory Health Council relating to the research or training projects with which such council or committee established under this part is concerned and such portion as the Secretary may specify of the duties, functions, and powers of any other advisory council or committee established under this Act relating to such projects.

FUNCTIONS

SEC. 453. The Secretary shall, through the National 42 U.S.C. 289k Eye Institute established under this part, carry out the purposes of section 301 with respect to the conduct and support of research with respect to blinding eye diseases and visual disorders associated with general health and well-being, including the special health problems and requirements of the blind and the mechanism of sight and visual function, except that the Secretary shall determine the areas in which and the extent to which he will carry

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out such purposes of section 301 through such Institute or an institute established by or under other provisions of this Act, or both of them, when both such institutes have functions with respect to the same subject matter.

PART G-NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

ESTABLISHMENT OF INSTITUTE

SEC. 455. (a) There is established the National Institute of Mental Health (hereinafter in this part referred to as the "Institute") to administer the programs and authorities of the Secretary with respect to mental health. The Secretary, acting through the Institute, shall, in carrying out the purposes of sections 301 and 303 of this Act and the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963 (other than part C of title II) with respect to mental illness, develop and conduct comprehensive health, education, training, research, and planning programs for the prevention and treatment of mental illness and for the rehabilitation of the mentally ill. The Secretary shall carry out through the Institute the administrative and financial management, policy development and planning, evaluation, and public information functions which are required for the implementation of such programs and authorities.

(b) (1) The Institute shall be under the direction of a Director who shall be appointed by the Secretary.

(2) The Director, with the approval of the Secretary. may employ and prescribe the functions of such officers and employees, including attorneys, as are necessary to administer the programs and authorities to be carried out through the Institute.

(c) The programs to be carried out through the Institute shall be administered so as to encourage the broadest possible participation of professionals and paraprofessionals in the fields of medicine, science, the social sciences, and other related disciplines.

PART H-NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

SEC. 461. The Secretary shall establish in the Service an institute to be known as the National Institute on Aging (hereinafter in this part referred to as the "Institute") for the conduct and support of biomedical, social, and behavioral research and training related to the aging process and the diseases and other special problems and needs of the aged.

NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AGING

SEC. 462. (a) The Secretary shall establish a National Advisory Council on Aging to advise, consult with, and

make recommendations to him on programs relating to the aged which are administered by him and on those matters which relate to the Institute.

(b) The provisions relating to the composition, terms of office of members, and reappointment of members of advisory councils under section 432 (a) shall be applicable to the Advisory Council established under this section, except that (1) the Secretary may include on such Advisory Council such additional ex officio members as he deems necessary, and (2) the Secretary shall appoint to the Council leading medical or scientific authorities skilled in aspects of the biological and the behavioral sciences relating to aging.

(c) Upon appointment of such Advisory Council, it shall assume all, or such part as the Secretary may specify, of the duties, functions, and powers of the National Advisory Health Council relating to programs for the aged with which the Advisory Council established under this part is concerned and such portion as the Secretary may specify of the duties, functions, and powers of any other advisory council established under this Act relating to programs for the aged.

FUNCTIONS

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SEC. 463. (a) The Secretary (1) shall, through the U.S.C. Institute, carry out the purposes of section 301 with respect to research investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and studies related to the aging process and the diseases and other special problems and needs of the aged, except that the Secretary shall determine the area in which and the extent to which he will carry out such activities in furtherance of the purposes of section 301 through the Institute or another institute established by or under other provisions of this Act, or both of them, when both such institutes have functions with respect to the same subject matter, and (2) shall be responsible for coordinating such activities so as to avoid unproductive and unnecessary overlap and duplication of such functions. The Secretary may also provide training and instruction and establish traineeships and fellowships, in the Institute and elsewhere, in matters relating to study and investigation of the aging process and the diseases and other special problems and needs of the aged. The Secretary may provide trainees and fellows participating in such training and instruction or in such traineeships and fellowships with such stipends and allowances (including travel and subsistence expenses and dependency allowances) as he deems necessary, and, in addition, provide for such training, instruction, traineeships, fellowships through grants to public or other nonprofit institutions. In carrying out his health manpower training responsibilities under this Act or any other Act, the Secretary shall take appropriate steps to insure the educa

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