42 USC § 285b - Purpose of Institute

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s285b"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 285b - Purpose of Institute"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "285b"
section_name: "Purpose of Institute"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 418, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 836.)"
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# § 285b. Purpose of Institute

The general purpose of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood 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 heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases and with respect to the use of blood and blood products and the management of blood resources.

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**Source Credit**: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 418, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 836.)