WHAT THE LAW DOINCongress, in plain words

The law › Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 6A

42 U.S.C. 284: Directors of national research institutes

Created in 1985 by Public Law 99-158. Changed by 7 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 42 U.S.C. 284a, 42 U.S.C. 285a–2, 42 U.S.C. 285b–3, 42 U.S.C. 290c, 42 U.S.C. 300cc–41.

3 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services (3).

This Congress

  • H.R. 9877 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 · introduced · would change 409K

How it got here

2022

  • Pub. L. 117–286 substituted "Chapter 10 of title 5" for "The Federal Advisory Committee Act" in concluding provisions. Law text · (c)

2021

  • Pub. L. 117–81 substituted "section 3861" for "section 2354" in concluding provisions. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022) Law text · (b)

2016

  • Pub. L. 114–255, §2033(a), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the President and the Directors of the other national research institutes shall be appointed by the Secretary. Each D… (21st Century Cures Act) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 114–255, §2036(c), added par. (C) and redesignated former pars. (C) to (L) as (D) to (M), respectively. (21st Century Cures Act) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 114–255, §2033(b), added par. (3). (21st Century Cures Act) Law text · (b)

2007

  • Pub. L. 109–482 substituted "section 282(b)(16)" for "section 282(b)(6)". (National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006) Law text · (c)

1993

  • Pub. L. 103–43, §301(a)(1), added subpar. (C). · (b)
  • Pub. L. 103–43, §301(b)(2), inserted concluding provisions relating to Federal Advisory Committee Act. · (c)
  • Pub. L. 103–43, §301(b)(1), amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: "may, in consultation with the advisory council for the Institute and the approval of the Director of NIH, establish and appoint technical and scientific peer review groups in addit… · (c)

1988

  • Pub. L. 100–607, §116(1), struck out "the" after "with respect to" in introductory provisions. · (b)
  • Pub. L. 100–690 substituted "establish and appoint" and "established and appointed" for "establish" and "established", respectively. · (c)
  • Pub. L. 100–607, §116(2)(A), amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: "may, with the approval of the advisory council for the institute and the Director of NIH, appoint technical and scientific peer review groups in addition to those appointed under section 282(b)(6… · (c)
  • Pub. L. 100–607, §116(2)(C), added par. (4). · (c)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.