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[CITE: 42USC241]
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TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
Part A--Research and Investigations

Sec. 241. Research and investigations generally

(a) Authority of Secretary
The Secretary shall conduct in the Service, 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, including water purification, sewage
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treatment, and pollution of lakes and streams. 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 supporting such projects and make,
upon
recommendation of the advisory council to the appropriate entity of
the Department, grants-in-aid to public or nonprofit universities,
hospitals, laboratories, and other institutions for the general
support of their research;
(4) secure from time to time and for such periods as he deems
advisable, the assistance and advice of experts, scholars, 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 treatment;

(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 in
accordance with and subject to the provisions of law applicable to
contracts entered into by the military departments under sections
2353 and 2354 of title 10, except that determination, approval, and
certification required thereby shall be by the Secretary of Health
and Human Services; and
(8) adopt, upon recommendations of the advisory councils to the
appropriate entities of the Department or, with respect to mental
health, the National Advisory Mental Health Council, such
additional
means as the Secretary considers necessary or appropriate to carry
out the purposes of this section.
The Secretary may make available to individuals and entities, for
biomedical and behavioral research, substances and living organisms.
Such substances and organisms shall be made available under such terms
and conditions (including payment for them) as the Secretary determines
appropriate.
(b) Testing for carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, mutagenicity, and
other
harmful biological effects; consultation
(1) The Secretary shall conduct and may support through grants and
contracts studies and testing of substances for carcinogenicity,
teratogenicity, mutagenicity, and other harmful biological effects. In
carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary shall consult with entities
of the Federal Government, outside of the Department of Health and
Human
Services, engaged in comparable activities. The Secretary, upon request
of such an entity and under appropriate arrangements for the payment of
expenses, may conduct for such entity studies and testing of substances
for carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, mutagenicity, and other harmful
biological effects.
(2)(A) The Secretary shall establish a comprehensive program of
research into the biological effects of low-level ionizing radiation
under which program the Secretary shall conduct such research and may
support such research by others through grants and contracts.
(B) The Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive review of Federal
programs of research on the biological effects of ionizing radiation.
(3) The Secretary shall conduct and may support through grants and
contracts research and studies on human nutrition, with particular
emphasis on the role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of
disease and on the maintenance and promotion of health, and programs
for
the dissemination of information respecting human nutrition to health
professionals and the public. In carrying out activities under this
paragraph, the Secretary shall provide for the coordination of such of
these activities as are performed by the different divisions within the
Department of Health and Human Services and shall consult with entities

of the Federal Government, outside of the Department of Health and
Human
Services, engaged in comparable activities. The Secretary, upon request
of such an entity and under appropriate arrangements for the payment of
expenses, may conduct and support such activities for such entity.
(4) The Secretary shall publish a biennial report which contains-(A) a list of all substances (i) which either are known to be
carcinogens or may reasonably be anticipated to be carcinogens and
(ii) to which a significant number of persons residing in the
United
States are exposed;
(B) information concerning the nature of such exposure and the
estimated number of persons exposed to such substances;
(C) a statement identifying (i) each substance contained in the
list under subparagraph (A) for which no effluent, ambient, or
exposure standard has been established by a Federal agency, and
(ii)
for each effluent, ambient, or exposure standard established by a
Federal agency with respect to a substance contained in the list
under subparagraph (A), the extent to which, on the basis of
available medical, scientific, or other data, such standard, and
the
implementation of such standard by the agency, decreases the risk
to
public health from exposure to the substance; and
(D) a description of (i) each request received during the year
involved-(I) from a Federal agency outside the Department of Health
and Human Services for the Secretary, or
(II) from an entity within the Department of Health and
Human Services to any other entity within the Department,
to conduct research into, or testing for, the carcinogenicity of
substances or to provide information described in clause (ii) of
subparagraph (C), and (ii) how the Secretary and each such other
entity, respectively, have responded to each such request.

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(5) The authority of the Secretary to enter into any contract for
the conduct of any study, testing, program, research, or review, or
assessment under this subsection shall be effective for any fiscal year
only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in
appropriation Acts.
(c) Diseases not significantly occurring in United States
The Secretary may conduct biomedical research, directly or through
grants or contracts, for the identification, control, treatment, and
prevention of diseases (including tropical diseases) which do not occur
to a significant extent in the United States.
(d) Protection of privacy of individuals who are research subjects
The Secretary may authorize persons engaged in biomedical,

behavioral, clinical, or other research (including research on mental
health, including research on the use and effect of alcohol and other
psychoactive drugs) to protect the privacy of individuals who are the
subject of such research by withholding from all persons not connected
with the conduct of such research the names or other identifying
characteristics of such individuals. Persons so authorized to protect
the privacy of such individuals may not be compelled in any Federal,
State, or local civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, or other
proceedings to identify such individuals.
(e) Preterm labor and delivery and infant mortality
The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, shall expand, intensify, and coordinate
the activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with
respect to preterm labor and delivery and infant mortality.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 301, 58 Stat. 691; July 3,
1946,
ch. 538, Sec. 7(a), (b), 60 Stat. 423; June 16, 1948, ch. 481,
Sec. 4(e), (f), 62 Stat. 467; June 24, 1948, ch. 621, Sec. 4(e), (f),
62
Stat. 601; June 25, 1948, ch. 654, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 1017; July 3, 1956,
ch. 510, Sec. 4, 70 Stat. 490; Pub. L. 86-798, Sept. 15, 1960, 74 Stat.
1053; Pub. L. 87-838, Sec. 2, Oct. 17, 1962, 76 Stat. 1073; Pub. L. 89115, Sec. 3, Aug. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 448; Pub. L. 90-174, Sec. 9, Dec.
5,
1967, 81 Stat. 540; Pub. L. 91-513, title I, Sec. 3(a), Oct. 27, 1970,
84 Stat. 1241; Pub. L. 91-515, title II, Sec. 292, Oct. 30, 1970, 84
Stat. 1308; Pub. L. 92-218, Sec. 6(a)(2), Dec. 23, 1971, 85 Stat. 785;
Pub. L. 92-423, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 19, 1972, 86 Stat. 687; Pub. L. 93282,
title I, Sec. 122(b), May 14, 1974, 88 Stat. 132; Pub. L. 93-348, title
I, Sec. 104(a)(1), July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 346; Pub. L. 93-352, title
I,
Sec. 111, July 23, 1974, 88 Stat. 360; Pub. L. 94-278, title I,
Sec. 111, Apr. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 405; Pub. L. 95-622, title II,
Secs. 261, 262, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3434; Pub. L. 96-88, title V,
Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; Pub. L. 99-158, Sec. 3(a)(5),
Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 879; Pub. L. 99-570, title IV, Sec. 4021(b)(2),
Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-124; Pub. L. 99-660, title I, Sec. 104,
Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3751; Pub. L. 100-607, title I, Sec. 163(1),
(2), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3062; Pub. L. 103-43, title XX, Sec. 2009,
June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 213; Pub. L. 109-450, Sec. 3(a), Dec. 22,
2006,
120 Stat. 3341.)

Amendments
2006--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109-450 added subsec. (e).
1993--Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 103-43 substituted ``a biennial
report'' for ``an annual report'' in introductory provisions.
1988--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100-607 redesignated concluding
provisions of subsec. (a) of section 242a of this title as subsec. (d)
of this section, substituted ``biomedical, behavioral, clinical, or
other research (including research on mental health, including'' for

``research on mental health, including'', and substituted ``drugs)''
for
``drugs,''.
1986--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 99-570 struck out ``or, in the case
of
mental health projects, by the National Advisory Mental Health
Council;'' after ``Department supporting such projects'' and struck out
``or the National Advisory Mental Health Council'' after ``appropriate
entity of the Department''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-660 added subsec. (c).
1985--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 99-158, Sec. 3(a)(5)(A), substituted
``as are recommended by the advisory council to the entity of the
Department supporting such projects or, in the case of mental health
projects, by the National Advisory Mental Health Council; and make,
upon
recommendation of the advisory council to the appropriate entity of the
Department or the National Advisory Mental Health Council, grants-inaid
to public or nonprofit universities, hospitals, laboratories, and other
institutions for the general support of their research'' for ``as are
recommended by the National Advisory Health Council, or, with respect
to
cancer, recommended by the National Cancer Advisory Board, or, with
respect to mental health, recommended by the National Advisory Mental
Health Council, or with respect to heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood
diseases and blood resources, recommended by the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Advisory Council, or, with respect to dental diseases and
conditions, recommended by the National Advisory Dental Research
Council; and include in the grants for any such project grants of
penicillin and other antibiotic compounds for use in such project; and
make, upon recommendation of the National Advisory Health Council,
grants-in-aid to public or nonprofit universities, hospitals,
laboratories, and other institutions for the general support of their
research: Provided, That such uniform percentage, not to exceed 15 per
centum, as the Secretary may determine, of the amounts provided for
grants for research projects for any fiscal year through the
appropriations for the National Institutes of Health may be transferred
from such appropriations to a separate account to be available for such
research grants-in-aid for such fiscal year''.
Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 99-158, Sec. 3(a)(5)(B), substituted
``recommendations of the advisory councils to the appropriate entities
of the Department or, with respect to mental health, the National
Advisory Mental Health Council, such additional means as the Secretary
considers'' for ``recommendation of the National Advisory Health
Council, or, with respect to cancer, upon recommendation of the
National
Cancer Advisory Board, or, with respect to mental health, upon
recommendation of the National Advisory Mental Health Council, or, with
respect to heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases and blood
resources, upon recommendation of the National Heart, Lung and Blood
Advisory Council, or, with respect to dental diseases and conditions,
upon recommendations of the National Advisory Dental Research Council,
such additional means as he deems''.
1978--Pub. L. 95-622 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a),
redesignated former pars. (a) to (h) as (1) to (8), respectively,
substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Surgeon General'' wherever appearing,
and inserted following par. (8) provisions relating to authority of

Secretary to make available to individuals and entities substances and
living organisms, and added subsec. (b).
1976--Subsecs. (c), (h). Pub. L. 94-278 substituted ``heart, blood
vessel, lung, and blood diseases and blood resources'' for ``heart
diseases'' and ``National Heart, Lung and Blood Advisory Council'' for
``National Heart and Lung Advisory Council''.
1974--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-348, Sec. 104(a)(1), redesignated
subsec. (d) as (c) and substituted ``research
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projects'' for ``research or research training projects'' in two
places,
``general support of their research'' for ``general support of their
research and research training programs'' and ``research grants-inaid''
for ``research and research training program grants-in-aid''. Former
subsec. (c), authorizing Surgeon General to establish and maintain
research fellowships in the Public Health Service with such stipends
and
allowances, including traveling and subsistence expenses, as he may
deem
necessary to procure the assistance of the most brilliant and promising
research fellows from the United States and abroad, was struck out.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93-348, Sec. 104(a)(1)(C), redesignated
subsec.
(e) as (d).
Pub. L. 93-282 substituted ``mental health, including research on
the use and effect of alcohol and other psychoactive drugs'' for ``the
use and effect of drugs'' in former concluding provisions of section
242a(a) of this title. See 1988 Amendment note above.
Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 93-348, Sec. 104(a)(1)(C), redesignated
subsecs. (f) and (g) as (e) and (f), respectively. Former subsec. (e)
redesignated (d).
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 93-352 struck out ``during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1966, and each of the eight succeeding fiscal years''
after ``Enter into contracts''. Notwithstanding directory language that
amendment be made to subsec. (h), the amendment was executed to subsec.
(g) to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the intervening
redesignation of subsec. (h) as (g) by Pub. L. 93-348.
Pub. L. 93-348, Sec. 104(a)(1)(C), redesignated subsec. (h) as (g).
Former subsec. (g) redesignated (f).
Subsecs. (h), (i). Pub. L. 93-348, Sec. 104(a)(1)(C), redesignated
subsecs. (h) and (i) as (g) and (h), respectively.
1972--Subsecs. (d), (i). Pub. L. 92-423 substituted ``National
Heart
and Lung Advisory Council'' for ``National Advisory Heart Council''.
1971--Subsecs. (d), (i). Pub. L. 92-218 substituted ``National
Cancer Advisory Board'' for ``National Advisory Cancer Council''.
1970--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 91-513 added subsec. (d). See 1988
Amendment note above.
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 91-515 substituted ``eight'' for ``five''
succeeding fiscal years.
1967--Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 90-174 substituted ``five'' for ``two''
succeeding fiscal years.
1965--Subsecs. (h), (i). Pub. L. 89-115 added subsec. (h) and
redesignated former subsec. (h) as (i).

1962--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 87-838 inserted ``or research training''
in two places.
1960--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 86-798 authorized the Surgeon General,
upon recommendation of the National Advisory Health Council, to make
grants to public or non-profit universities, hospitals, laboratories,
and other institutions to support research and research training
programs, and to make available for such research and research training
programs, up to 15 per centum of amounts provided for research grants
through the appropriations for the National Institutes of Health.
1956--Subsecs. (g), (h). Act July 3, 1956, added subsec. (g) and
redesignated former subsec. (g) as (h).
1948--Subsec. (d). Acts June 16, 1948, Sec. 4(e), and June 24,
1948,
Sec. 4(e), made provisions applicable to the National Advisory Heart
Council and the National Advisory Dental Research Council,
respectively.
Subsec. (d). Act June 25, 1948, continued in basic legislation the
authority to purchase penicillin and other antibiotic compounds for use
in research projects.
Subsec. (g). Acts June 16, 1948, Sec. 4(f), and June 24, 1948,
Sec. 4(f), made provisions applicable to the National Advisory Heart
Council and the National Advisory Dental Research Council,
respectively.
1946--Subsec. (d). Act July 3, 1946, made the National Advisory
Mental Health Council the body to make recommendations to the Surgeon
General on awarding of grants-in-aid for research projects with respect
to mental health.
Subsec. (g). Act July 3, 1946, gave National Advisory Health
Council
the right to make recommendations to carry out purposes of this
section.
Change of Name
``Secretary of Health and Human Services'' substituted for
``Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare'' in subsec. (a)(7), and
``Department of Health and Human Services'' substituted for
``Department
of Health, Education, and Welfare'' in subsec. (b)(1), (3), and
(4)(D)(I), (II), pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is
classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Sections 261 and 262 of Pub. L. 95-622 provided that the amendments
made by those sections are effective Oct. 1, 1978.

Effective Date of 1974 Amendment
Section 104(b) of Pub. L. 93-348 provided that: ``The amendments
made by subsection (a) [amending this section and sections 242a, 282,
286a, 286b, 287a, 287b, 287d, 288a, 289c, 289c-1, 289g, 289k, and
heading preceding section 289l of this title] shall not apply with
respect to commitments made before the date of the enactment of this
Act

[July 12, 1974] by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for
research training under the provisions of the Public Health Service Act
amended or repealed by subsection (a).''

Effective Date of 1972 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 92-423 effective 60 days after Sept. 19, 1972,
or on such prior date after Sept. 19, 1972, as the President shall
prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, see section 9 of Pub. L.
92-423, set out as a note under section 218 of this title.

Effective Date of 1971 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 92-218 effective 60 days after Dec. 23, 1971,
or on such prior date after Dec. 23, 1971, as the President shall
prescribe and publish in the Federal Register, see section 7 of Pub. L.
92-218, set out as a note under section 218 of this title.

Coordination of Data Surveys and Reports
Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(6) [title VII, Sec. 703(e)],
Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-402, provided that: ``The
Secretary
of Health and Human Services, through the Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation, shall establish a clearinghouse for the
consolidation and coordination of all Federal databases and reports
regarding children's health.''

Female Genital Mutilation
Pub. L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101(d) [title V, Sec. 520], Apr. 26,
1996, 110 Stat. 1321-211, 1321-250; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104140,
Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327, provided that:
``(a) Congress finds that-``(1) the practice of female genital mutilation is carried out
by members of certain cultural and religious groups within the
United States; and
``(2) the practice of female genital mutilation often results
in
the occurrence of physical and psychological health effects that
harm the women involved.
``(b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall do the
following:
``(1) Compile data on the number of females living in the
United
States who have been subjected to female genital mutilation
(whether
in the United States or in their countries of origin), including a
specification of the number of girls under the age of 18 who have
been subjected to such mutilation.
``(2) Identify communities in the United States that practice
female genital mutilation, and design and carry out outreach

activities to educate individuals in the communities on the
physical
and psychological health effects of such practice. Such outreach
activities shall be designed and implemented in collaboration with
representatives of the ethnic groups practicing such mutilation and
with representatives of or
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ganizations with expertise in preventing such practice.
``(3) Develop recommendations for the education of students of
schools of medicine and osteopathic medicine regarding female
genital mutilation and complications arising from such mutilation.
Such recommendations shall be disseminated to such schools.
``(c) For purposes of this section the term `female genital
mutilation' means the removal or infibulation (or both) of the whole or
part of the clitoris, the labia minor, or the labia major.
``(d) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall commence
carrying out this section not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act [Apr. 26, 1996].''

Sentinel Disease Concept Study
Section 1910 of Pub. L. 103-43 directed Secretary of Health and
Human Services, in cooperation with Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to
design and implement a pilot sentinel disease surveillance system for
identifying relationship between occupation of household members and
incidence of subsequent conditions or diseases in other members of
household, and required Director of the National Institutes of Health
to
prepare and submit to Congress, not later than 4 years after June 10,
1993, a report concerning this project.

Study of Thyroid Morbidity for Hanford, Washington
Section 161 of Pub. L. 100-607, as amended by Pub. L. 102-531,
title
III, Sec. 312(e)(1), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3506, directed Secretary
of Health and Human Services, acting through Director of Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, to conduct a study of thyroid morbidity
of the population, including Indian tribes and tribal organizations, in
vicinity of Hanford, in State of Washington, authorized Director to
contract out portions of study, and required Director, not later than
42
months after Nov. 4, 1988, to transmit a report, including such study,
to Congress, chief executive officers of States of Oregon and
Washington, and governing officials of Indian tribes in vicinity of
Hanford, Washington.

National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research
Section 162 of Pub. L. 100-607 directed Secretary of Health and
Human Services, after consultation with Director of National Institutes

of Health, to establish a National Commission on Sleep Disorders
Research to conduct a comprehensive study of present state of knowledge
of incidence, prevalence, morbidity, and mortality resulting from sleep
disorders, and of social and economic impact of such disorders,
evaluate
public and private facilities and resources (including trained
personnel
and research activities) available for diagnosis, prevention, and
treatment of, and research into, such disorders, and identify programs
(including biological, physiological, behavioral, environmental, and
social programs) by which improvement in management and research into
sleep disorders could be accomplished and, not later than 18 months
after initial meeting of Commission, to submit to appropriate
Committees
of Congress a final report, and provided for termination of the
Commission 30 days after submission of final report.

Research With Respect to Health Resources and Services Administration
Section 632 of Pub. L. 100-607 provided that with respect to any
program of research pursuant to this chapter, any such program carried
out in fiscal year 1987 by an agency other than Health Resources and
Services Administration (or appropriate to be carried out by such an
agency) could not, for each of fiscal years 1989 through 1991, be
carried out by such Administration.

Continuing Care for Psychiatric Patients in Former Clinical Research
Center at National Institute on Drug Abuse
Pub. L. 99-117, Sec. 10, Oct. 7, 1985, 99 Stat. 494, provided that:
``In any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1981, from funds
appropriated for carrying out section 301 of the Public Health Service
Act [this section] with respect to mental health, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services may provide, by contract or otherwise, for
the
continuing care of psychiatric patients who were under active and
continuous treatment at the National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical
Research Center on the date such Clinical Research Center ceased
operations.''

Analysis of Thyroid Cancer; Creation and Publication of
Radioepidemiological Tables
Pub. L. 97-414, Sec. 7, Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 2059, as amended by
Pub. L. 109-482, title I, Sec. 104(b)(3)(A), Jan. 15, 2007, 120 Stat.
3694, provided that:
``(a) In carrying out section 301 of the Public Health Service Act
[this section], the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall-``(1) conduct scientific research and prepare analyses
necessary
to develop valid and credible assessments of the risks of thyroid
cancer that are associated with thyroid doses of Iodine 131;
``(2) conduct scientific research and prepare analyses
necessary

to develop valid and credible methods to estimate the thyroid doses
of Iodine 131 that are received by individuals from nuclear bomb
fallout; and
``(3) conduct scientific research and prepare analyses
necessary
to develop valid and credible assessments of the exposure to Iodine
131 that the American people received from the Nevada atmospheric
nuclear bomb tests.
``(b)(1) Within one year after the date of enactment of this Act
[Jan. 4, 1983], the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall devise
and publish radioepidemiological tables that estimate the likelihood
that persons who have or have had any of the radiation related cancers
and who have received specific doses prior to the onset of such disease
developed cancer as a result of these doses. These tables shall show a
probability of causation of developing each radiation related cancer
associated with receipt of doses ranging from 1 millirad to 1,000 rads
in terms of sex, age at time of exposure, time from exposure to the
onset of the cancer in question, and such other categories as the
Secretary, after consulting with appropriate scientific experts,
determines to be relevant. Each probability of causation shall be
calculated and displayed as a single percentage figure.
``(2) At the time the Secretary of Health and Human Services
publishes the tables pursuant to paragraph (1), such Secretary shall
also publish-``(A) for the tables of each radiation related cancer, an
evaluation which will assess the credibility, validity, and degree
of certainty associated with such tables; and
``(B) a compilation of the formulas that yielded the
probabilities of causation listed in such tables. Such formulas
shall be published in such a manner and together with information
necessary to determine the probability of causation of any
individual who has or has had a radiation related cancer and has
received any given dose.
``(3) The tables specified in paragraph (1) and the formulas
specified in paragraph (2) shall be devised from the best available
data
that are most applicable to the United States, and shall be devised in
accordance with the best available scientific procedures and
expertise.''

Termination of Advisory Committees
Pub. L. 93-641, Sec. 6, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2275, set out as a
note under section 217a of this title, provided that an
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advisory committee established pursuant to the Public Health Service
Act
shall terminate at such time as may be specifically prescribed by an
Act
of Congress enacted after Jan. 4, 1975.