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Limitations.

"Construction.

PUBLIC LAW 92-423-SEPT. 19, 1972

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"(3) training, including training for allied health professions personnel, and "(4) demonstration purposes. The aggregate of payments (other than payments for construction) made to any center under such an agreement may not exceed $5,000,000 in any year. Support of a center under this subsection may be for a period of not to exceed five years and may be extended by the Director of the Institute for additional periods of not more than five years each, after review of the operations of such center by an appropriate scientific review group established by the Director. As used in this section, the term 'construction' does not include the acquisition of land. uINTERAGENCY TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Establishment.

"SEC. 416. (a) The Secretary shall establish an Interagency Technical Committee on Heart, Blood Vessel, Lung and Blood Diseases and Blood Eesources which shall be responsible for coordinating those aspects of all Federal health programs and activities relating to heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases and to blood resources to assure the adequacy and technical soundness of such programs and activities and to provide for the full communication and exchange of information necessary to maintain adequate coordination of such programs and activities. " (b) The Director of the Institute shall serve as Chairman of the Committee and the Committee shall include representation from all Federal departments arid agencies whose programs involve health functions or responsibilities as determined by the Secretary. " N A T I O N A L H E A R T AND LUNG ADVISORY COUNCIL

Establishment; membership.

Terms.

"SEC. 417. (a) There is established in the Institute a National Heart and Lung Advisory Council to be composed of twenty-three members as follows: "(1) The Secretary, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology, and the chief medical officer of the Veterans' Administration (or their designees), and a medical officer designated by the Secretary of Defense, shall be ex officio members of the Council. " (2) Eighteen members appointed by the Secretary. Eleven of the appointed members shall be selected from among the leading medical or scientific authorities who are skilled in the sciences relating to diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, and blood; two of the appointed members shall be selected from persons enrolled in residency programs providing training in heart, blood vessel, lung, or blood diseases; and five of the appointed members shall be selected from members of the general public who are leaders in the fields of fundamental or medical sciences or in public affairs. " (b)(1) Each appointed member of the Council shall be appointed for a term of four years, except that— " (A) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was

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