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NSFG 2015-2018 OMB Attachment A5 OMB No. 0920-0314

OMB ATTACHMENT A5:

SECTION 301 of the Public Health Service Act:

Authorizing Legislation for:

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (OASPE);

CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP);

CDC’s Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention (DSTDP); and

CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health (DRH).

TITLE III—GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

PART A—RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION

IN GENERAL

Sec. 301 (241) (a) The Secretary shall conduct… and encourage, cooperate with, and render assistance to other appropriate public authorities, scientific institutions, and scientists in the conduct of, and promote the coordination of, research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations and studies relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of physical and mental diseases and impairments of man,… In carrying out the foregoing the Secretary is authorized to—

(1) collect and make available through publications and other appropriate means, information as to, and the practical application of, such research and other activities;

(2) make available research facilities of the Service to appropriate public authorities, and to health officials and scientists engaged in special study;

(3) make grants-in-aid to universities, hospitals, laboratories, and other public or private institutions, and to individuals for such research projects as are recommended by the advisory council to the entity of the Department…

(4) secure from time to time and for such periods as he deems advisable, the assistance and advice from experts,… and consultants from the United States or abroad;

(5) for purposes of study, admit and treat at institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service, persons not otherwise eligible for such treatments;

(6) make available, to health officials, scientists, and appropriate public and other nonprofit institutions and organizations, technical advice and assistance on the application of statistical methods to experiments, studies, and surveys in health and medical fields;

(7) enter into contracts, including contracts for research.