42 USC § 285i - Purpose of Institute

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s285i"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 285i - Purpose of Institute"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "285i"
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, § 455, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 856; amended Pub. L. 103–43, title XI, § 1101(b), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 169.)"
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# § 285i. Purpose of Institute

section 285i–1 of this title

The general purpose of the National Eye 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 blinding eye diseases, visual disorders, mechanisms of visual function, preservation of sight, and the special health problems and requirements of the blind. Subject to , the Director of the Institute may carry out a program of grants for public and private nonprofit vision research facilities.

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**Source Credit**: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 455, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 856; amended Pub. L. 103–43, title XI, § 1101(b), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 169.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1993— substituted “Subject to , the Director” for “The Director” in second sentence.