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PUBLIC LAW 93-354-JULY 23, 1974

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National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the National Institute of Dental Eesearch, and other Federal and non-Federal programs. The Investigation, coordinated research program shall provide for— s t u d i e s and (1) investigation in the epidemiology, etiology, prevention, r e s e a r c h proand control of diabetes mellitus, including investigation into the grams social, environmental, behavioral, nutritional, biological, and genetic determinants and influences involved in the epidemiology, etiology, prevention, and control of diabetes mellitus; (2) studies and research into the basic biological processes and mechanisms involved in the underlying normal and abnormal phenomena associated with diabetes mellitus, including abnormalities of the skin, cardiovascular system, kidneys, eyes, and nervous system, and evaluation of influences of other endocrine hormones on the etiology, treatment, and complications of diabetes mellitus; (3) research into the development, trial, and evaluation of techniques and drugs used in, and approaches to, the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diabetes mellitus; (4) establishment of programs that will focus and apply scientific and technological efforts involving biological, physical, and engineering science to all facets of diabetes mellitus; (5) establishment of programs for the conduct and direction of field studies, large-scale testing and evaluation, and demonstration of preventive diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, and control approaches to diabetes mellitus; (6) the education and training of scientists, clinicians, educators, and allied health personnel in the fields and specialties requisite to the conduct of programs respecting diabetes mellitus; (7) a system for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of all data useful in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diabetes mellitus; (8^ appropriate distribution of resources between basic and applied research. The long-range plan formulated under this subsection shall also include within its scope related endocrine and metabolic diseases and basic biological processes and mechanisms, the better understanding of which is essential to the solution of the problem of diabetes mellitus. (f) In the development of the long-range plan under subsection (e), attention shall be given to means to assure continued development of knowledge, and dissemination of such knowledge to the public, which would form the basis of future advances in the understanding, treatment, and control of diabetes mellitus. (g) The Commission may hold such hearings, take such testimony, H e a r i n g s. and sit and act at such time and places as the Commission deems advisable to develop the long-range plan required by subsection (e). Budget (h)(1) The Commission shall prepare for each of the Institutes m a t e s. e s t i whose programs are to be encompassed by the plan for a coordinated diabetes research program described in subsection (e) budget estimates for each Institute's part of such program. The budget estimates shall be prepared for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and for each of the next two fiscal years. Budget e t i (2) Within five days after the Budget for the fiscal year ending mates from sHEW, June 30, 1976, and the Budget for each of the next two fiscal years is t r a n s m i t t a l to con r transmitted by the President to the Congress the Secretary shall trans- c o mgm etstseieosn. a l i mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

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