107 STAT. 152 PUBLIC LAW 103-43—JUNE 10, 1993 " PART F—INTERAGENCY PROGRAM FOR TRAUMA RESEARCH 42 USC 300d-61. "SEC. 1261. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (in this section referred to as the 'Director'), shall establish a comprehensive program of conducting basic and clinical research on trauma (in this section referred to as the 'Program'). The Program shall include research regarding the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and general management of trauma. " (b) PLAN FOR PROGRAM. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Director, in consultation with the Trauma Research Interagency Coordinating Committee established under subsection (g), shall establish and implement a plan for carrying out the activities of the Program, including the activities described in subsection (d). All such activities shall be carried out in accordance with the plan. The plan shall be periodically reviewed, and revised as appropriate. "(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than December 1, 1993, the Director shall submit the plan required in paragraph (1) to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, together with an estimate of the funds needed for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996 to implement the plan. " (c) PARTICIPATING AGENCIES; COORDINATION AND COLLABORA- TION.— The Director— "(1) shall provide for the conduct of activities under the Program by the Directors of the agencies of the National Institutes of Health involved in research with respect to trauma; "(2) shall ensure that the activities of the Program are coordinated among such agencies; and "(3) shall, as appropriate, provide for collaboration among such agencies in carrying out such activities. "(d) CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF PROGRAM.— The Program shall include— "(1) studies with respect to all phases of trauma care, including prehospital, resuscitation, surgical intervention, critical care, infection control, wound healing, nutritional care and support, and medical rehabilitation care; "(2) basic and clinical research regarding the response of the body to trauma and the acute treatment and medical rehabilitation of individuals who are the victims of trauma; and "(3) basic and clinical research regarding trauma care for pediatric and geriatric patients. " (e) MECHANISMS OF SUPPORT.— In carrying out the Program, the Director, acting through the Directors of the agencies referred to in subsection (c)(1), may make grants to public and nonprofit entities, including designated trauma centers. "(f) RESOURCES. — The Director shall assure the availability of appropriate resources to carry out the Program, including the plan established under subsection (b) (including the activities described in subsection (d)). "(g) COORDINATING COMMITTEE. —
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