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PUBLIC LAW 93-296-MAY 31, 1974

from the full life and the place in our society to which their years of service and experience entitle them; (3) recent research efforts point the way toward alleviation of the problems of old age by extending the healthy middle years of life; (4) there is no American institution that has undertaken comprehensive systematic and intensive studies of the biomedical and behavioral aspects of aging and the related training of necessary personnel; (5) the establishment of a National Institute on Aging within the National Institutes of Health will meet the need for such an institution. SEC. 3. Title IV of the Public Health Service Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new part:

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"PART H — N A T I O N A L INSTITUTE ON ACXING "ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

"SEC. 461. The Secretary shall establish in the Service an institute to be known as the National Institute on Aging (hereinafter in this part referred to as the 'Institute') for the conduct and support of biomedical, social, and behavioral research and training related to the aging process and the diseases and other special problems and needs of the aged. "NATIONAL

ADVISORY

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42 USC 289k-2.

AGING

"SEC. 462. (a) The Secretary shall establish a National Advisory Council on Aging to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to him on programs relating to the aged which are administered by him and on those matters which relate to the Institute. "(b) The provisions relating to the composition, terms of office of members, and reappointment of members of advisory councils under section 432(a) shall be applicable to the Advisory Council established under this section, except that (1) the Secretary may include on such Advisory Council such additional ex officio members as he deems necessary, and (2) the Secretary shall appoint to the Council leading medical or scientific authorities skilled in aspects of the biological and the behavioral sciences related to aging. "(c) Upon appointment of such Advisory Council, it shall assume all, or such part as the Secretary may specify, of the duties, functions, and powers of the National Advisory Health Council relating to programs for the aged with which the Advisory Council established under this part is concerned and such portion as the Secretary may specify of the duties, functions, and power's of any other advisory council established under this Act relating to programs for the aged.

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"FUNCTIONS

"SEC. 463. (a) The Secretary (1) shall, through the Institute, carry out the purposes of section 301 with respect to research investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and studies related to the aging process and the diseases and other special problems and needs of the aged, except that the Secretary shall determine the area in which and the extent to which he will carry out such activities in furtherance of the

42 USC 289k-4. 42 USC 241.

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