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U.S.C. 42 Section 251
(a) Authority of Secretary The
Secretary shall conduct in the Service, and encourage, cooperate
with, and render assistance to other appropriate public authorities,
scientific institutions, and scientists in the conduct of, and
promote the coordination of, research, investigations, experiments,
demonstrations, and studies relating to the causes, diagnosis,
treatment, control, and prevention of physical and mental diseases
and impairments of man, including water purification, sewage
treatment, and pollution of lakes and streams.
In carrying
out the foregoing the Secretary is authorized to - (1) collect and
make available through publications and other appropriate means,
information as to, and the practical application of, such research
and other activities; (2) make available research facilities of the
Service to appropriate public authorities, and to health officials
and scientists engaged in special study; (3) make grants-in-aid to
universities, hospitals, laboratories, and other public or private
institutions, and to individuals for such research projects as are
recommended by the advisory council to the entity of the Department
supporting such projects and make, upon recommendation of the
advisory council to the appropriate entity of the Department,
grants-in-aid to public or nonprofit universities, hospitals,
laboratories, and other institutions for the general support of their
research; (4) secure from time to time and for such periods as he
deems advisable, the assistance and advice of experts, scholars, and
consultants from the United States or abroad; (5) for purposes of
study, admit and treat at institutions, hospitals, and stations of
the Service, persons not otherwise eligible for such treatment; (6)
make available, to health officials, scientists, and appropriate
public and other nonprofit institutions and organizations, technical
advice and assistance on the application of statistical methods to
experiments, studies, and surveys in health and medical fields; (7)
enter into contracts, including contracts for research in accordance
with and subject to the provisions of law applicable to contracts
entered into by the military departments under sections 2353 and 2354
of title 10, except that determination, approval, and certification
required thereby shall be by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services; and (8) adopt, upon recommendations of the advisory
councils to the appropriate entities of the Department or, with
respect to mental health, the National Advisory Mental Health
Council, such additional means as the Secretary considers necessary
or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section.
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