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42 USC § 242q - Task Force on Aging Research; establishment and duties 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s242q"
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title: "42 USC § 242q - Task Force on Aging Research; establishment and duties"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "242q"
section_name: "Task Force on Aging Research; establishment and duties"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Research and Investigations"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–557, title III, § 301, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2768.)"
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# § 242q. Task Force on Aging Research; establishment and duties

**(a)** **Establishment** The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish a Task Force on Aging Research.

**1** **Duties** With respect to aging research (as defined in section 242q–4 [^1] of this title), the Task Force each fiscal year shall—

See References in Text note below.

**(1)** make recommendations to the Secretary specifying the particular projects of research, or the particular categories of research, that should be conducted or supported by the Secretary;

**(2)** of the projects specified under paragraph (1), make recommendations to the Secretary of the projects that should be given priority in the provision of funds; and

**(3)** make recommendations to the Secretary of the amount of funds that should be appropriated for such research.

**(c)** **Provision of information to public** The Task Force may make available to health professionals, and to other members of the public, information regarding the research described in subsection (b).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–557, title III, § 301, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2768.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “section 305”, meaning . Section 305 was renumbered section 304 by , , .

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Home Health Care and Alzheimer’s Disease Amendments of 1990, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.