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PUBLIC LAW 91-572-DEC. 24, 1970

[84 STAT.

Public Law 91-572 December 24, 1970

AN ACT

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To promote public health and welfare by expanding, improving, and better coordinating the family planning services and population research activities of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Family Planning Jjfiited States of AnheHca in Conqress assembled. Services and P o p ulation R e s e a r c h Act of 1970.

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SHORT TITLE

1. This Act may be cited as the "Family Planning Services and Population Kesearch Act of 1970". SECTION

DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

SEC. 2. I t is the purpose of this Act— (1) to assist in making comprehensive voluntary family planning services readily available to all persons desiring such services; (2) to coordinate domestic population and family planning research with the present and future needs of family planning programs; (3) to improve administrative and operational supervision of domestic family planning services and of population research programs related to such services; (4) to enable public and nonprofit private entities to plan and develop comprehensive programs of family planning services; (5) to develop and make readily available information (including educational materials) on family planning and population growth to all persons desiring such information; (6) to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of family planning service programs and of population research; (7) to assist in providing trained manpower needed to effectively carry out programs of population research and family planning services; and (8) to establish an Office of Population Affairs in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as a primary focus within the Federal Government on matters pertaining to population research and family planning, through which the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") shall carry out the purposes of this Act. OFFICE OF P O P U L A T I O N A F F A I R S

Delsu^rAssrslan't ^^^' ^- (^) There Is established within the Department of Health, Secretary for Pop- Education, aud Welfare an Office of Population Affairs to be directed ulation Affairs, jjy a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs under the appointment. direct supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs shall be appointed by the Secretary. sultantsT^ '^°"' (^) The Secretary is authorized to provide the Office of Population Affairs with such full-time professional and clerical staff and with the services of such consultants as may be necessary for it to carry out its duties and functions.

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