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PUBLIC LAW 93-354-JULY 23, 1974
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(b) I t is the purpose of this Act to— (1) expand the authority of the National Institutes of Health to advance the national attack on diabetes mellitus; and (2) as part of that attack, to establish a long-range plan to— (A) expand and coordinate the national research effort against diabetes mellitus; (B) advance activities of patient education, professional education, and public education which will alert the citizens of the United States to the early indications of diabetes mellitus; and (C) to emphasize the significance of early detection, proper control, and complications which may evolve from the disease. DIABETES P L A N
mi^sion^on m^-' S E C 3. (a) The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall, betes. within sixty days of the date of the enactment of this section, establish 42^ usc^2'89c"2" ^' ^^^ional Commission on Diabetes (hereinafter in this section referred note. to as the "Commission"). Membership. (b) The Commission shall be composed of seventeen members as follows: (1) The Directors of the seven Institutes referred to in subsection (e). (2) Six members appointed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from scientists or physicians who are not in the employment of the Federal Government and who represent the various specialties and disciplines involving diabetes mellitus and related endocrine and metabolic diseases. (3) Four members appointed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from the general public. A t least two of the members appointed pursuant to this paragraph sl;iall be diabetics or parents of diabetics. The members of the Commission shall select a chairman from among their own number. Director and (c) The Commission may appoint an executive director and such personnel. additional personnel as it determines are necessary for the performance of the Commission's functions. Compensation. ((j^ Mcmbcrs of the Commission who are officers or employees of the Federal Government shall serve as members of the Commission without compensation in addition to that received in their regular public employment. Members of the Commission who are not officers or employees of the Federal Government shall each receive the daily 5 USC 5332 equivalent of the rate in effect for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule note. for each day (including traveltime) they are engaged in the performTravei aucB of their duties as members of the Commission. All members of expenses. the Commission shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties as members of the Commission. (e) The Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat diabetes mellitus with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. Such a plan shall be based on a comprehensive survey investigating the magnitude of diabetes mellitus, its epidemiology, and its economic and social consequences and on an evaluation of available scientific information and the national resources capable of dealing with the problem. The plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing programs of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases, the National Eye Institute, the National Institute of Neurological Diseases, the National Heart and Lung Institute, the
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