42 USC § 285j - Purpose of Institute

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title: "42 USC § 285j - Purpose of Institute"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "285j"
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"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 457, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 857; amended Pub. L. 100–553, § 2(3), Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2769; Pub. L. 100–607, title I, § 101(3), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3049; Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2613(b)(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4238; Pub. L. 101–93, § 5(a), Aug. 16, 1989, 103 Stat. 611.)"
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# § 285j. Purpose of Institute

The general purpose of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (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 neurological disease and disorder and stroke.

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**Source Credit**: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 457, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 857; amended Pub. L. 100–553, § 2(3), Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2769; Pub. L. 100–607, title I, § 101(3), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3049; Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2613(b)(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4238; Pub. L. 101–93, § 5(a), Aug. 16, 1989, 103 Stat. 611.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1989— substituted “disease and” for “disease and and”.

1988— and  made identical amendments, substituting “Neurological Disorders” for “Neurological and Communicative Disorders” and “and disorder and stroke” for “disorder, stroke, and disorders of human communication”.  amended this section to read as if the amendments by  had not been enacted.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

For effective date of amendment by , see , set out as an Effect of Enactment of Similar Provisions note under .