"Board") consisting of the Surgeons General of the Public Health Service, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, the Chief Medical Director of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, the Assistant Director for Biological and Medical Sciences of the National Science Foundation, and the Librarian of Congress, all of whom shall be ex officio members and ten members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The ten appointed members shall be selected from among leaders in the various fields of the fundamental sciences, medicine, dentistry, public health, hospital administration, pharmacology, or scientific or medical library work, or in public affairs. At least six of the appointed members shall be selected from among leaders in the fields of medical, dental, or public health research or education. The Board shall annually elect one of the appointed members to serve as Chairman until the next election. The [Secretary] shall designate a member of the Library staff to act as executive secretary of the Board. (b) It shall be the duty of the Board to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the [Secretary] on important matters of policy in regard to the Library, including such matters as the acquisition of materials for the Library, the scope, content and organization of the Library's services, and the rules under which its materials, publications, facilities, and services shall be made available to various kinds of users, and the [Secretary] shall include in his annual report to the Congress a statement covering the recommendations made by the Board and the disposition thereof. The [Secretary] is authorized to use the services of any member or members of the Board in connection with matters related to the work of the Library, for such periods, in addition to conference periods, as he may determine. (c) Each appointed member of the Board shall hold office for a term of four years, except that (A) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and (B) the terms of the members first taking office after the date of enactment of this part shall expire as follows: three at the end of four years after such date, three at the end of three years after such date, two at the end of two years after such date, and two at the end of one year after such date, as designated by the President at the time of appointment. None of the appointed members shall be eligible for reappointment within one year after the end of his preceding term. (d) 95 Appointed members of the Board who are not * Redesignated sec. 383 amended by sec. 10 (d) (1) of P.L. 91-212, to strike out "Surgeon General" each place it occurred therein (the intent was to replace "Surgeon General" with "Secretary" though it is not so stated). 42 U.S.C. 278 42 U.S.C. 279 42 U.S.C. 280 otherwise in the employ of the United States, while attending conferences of the Board or otherwise serving at the request of the [Secretary] shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, but not exceeding $75 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. GIFTS TO LIBRARY SEC. 384.96, 97 The provisions of section 501 shall be applicable to the acceptance and administration of gifts made for the benefit of the Library or for carrying out any of its functions, and the Board shall make recommendations to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare relating to establishment within the Library of suitable memorials to the donors. DEFINITIONS SEC. 385.96,98 For purposes of this part the terms "medicine" and "medical" shall, except when used in section 383, be understood to include preventive and therapeutic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, hospitalization, nursing, public health, and the fundamental sciences related thereto, and other related fields of study, research, or activity. LIBRARY FACILITIES SEC. 386.96, 99 There are hereby authorized to be appropriated sums sufficient for the erection and equipment of suitable and adequate buildings and facilities for use of the Library in carrying out the provisions of this part. The Administrator of General Services is authorized to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, donation, or otherwise, a suitable site or sites, selected by the [Secretary] in accordance with the direction of the Board, for such buildings and facilities and to erect thereon, furnish, and equip such buildings and facilities. The sums herein authorized to be appropriated shall include the cost of preparation of drawings and specifications, supervision of construction, and other administrative expenses incident to the work. The Administrator of General Services shall prepare the plans and specifications, make all necessary contracts, and supervise construction. Secs. 374 through 376 redesignated as secs. 384 through 386, respectively, by sec. 10(a)(3) of P.L. 91-212. 97 Redesignated sec. 384 amended by sec. 10(d) (1) of P.L. 91-212. as Redesignated sec. 385 amended by sec. 10(b) (2) of P.L. 91-212. D9 Redesignated sec. 386 amended by sec. 10 (d) (1) of P.L. 91-212, to strike out "Surgeon General" (the intent was to replace "Surgeon General" with "Secretary" though it is not so stated). TRANSFER OF ARMED FORCES MEDICAL LIBRARY SEC. 387. All civilian personnel, equipment, library collections, other personal property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds (available or to be made available), which the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate primarily to the functions of the Armed Forces Medical Library, are hereby transferred to the Service for use in the administration and operation of this part. Such transfer of property, funds, and personnel, and the other provisions of this part, shall become effective on the first day, occurring not less than thirty days after the date of enactment of this part, which the Director of the Bureau of the Budget determines to be practicable. REGIONAL BRANCHES OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE SEC. 388.1, 2 (a) Whenever the [Secretary], with the 42 U.S.C. 280a advice of the Board, determines that (1) in any geographic area of the United States, there is no regional medical library adequate to serve such area; (2) under the criteria prescribed in section 398,3 there is a need for a regional medical library to serve such area; and (3) because there is located in such area no medical library which, under the provisions of section 3983 can feasibly be developed into a regional medical library adequate to serve such area, he is authorized to establish, as a branch of the National Library of Medicine, a regional medical library to serve the needs of such area. (b) For the purpose of establishing branches of the National Library of Medicine under this section, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, such sums, not to exceed $2,000,000 for any fiscal year, as may be necessary. Sums appropriated pursuant to this section for any fiscal year shall remain available until expended. 1 Sees. 377 and 378 redesignated as secs. 387 and 388, respectively, by sec. 10(a) (3) of P.L. 91-212. Redesignated sec. 388 amended by secs. 10(d) (1) of P.L. 91-212, to strike out "Surgeon General" (the intent was to replace "Surgeon General" with "Secretary" though it is not so stated). Original sec. 378 added by sec. 3 of P.L. 89-291. Sec. 10(c)(3) of P.L. 91-212, 3/13/70, redesignated sec. 398 as sec. 397 but no conforming change was made to this reference. 42 U.S.C. 280b PART J-ASSISTANCE TO MEDICAL LIBRARIES 4 DECLARATION OF POLICY AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE SEC. 390. (a) The Congress hereby finds and declares that (1) the unprecedented expansion of knowledge in the health sciences within the past two decades has brought about a massive growth in the quantity, and major changes in the nature of, biomedical information, materials, and publications; (2) there has not been a corresponding growth in the facilities and techniques necessary adequately to coordinate and disseminate among health scientists and practitioners the everincreasing volume of knowledge and information which has been developed in the health science field; (3) much of the value of the ever-increasing volume of knowledge and information which has been, and continues to be, developed in the health science field will be lost unless proper measures are taken in the immediate future to develop facilities and techniques necessary to collect, preserve, store, process, retrieve, and facilitate the dissemination and utilization, of such knowledge and information. (b) It is therefore the policy of this part to (1) assist in the construction of new, and the renovation, expansion, or rehabilitation of existing medical library facilities; (2) assist in the training of medical librarians and other information specialists in the health sciences; (3) assist, through grants to physicians and other practitioners in the sciences related to health, to scientists, and to public or nonprofit private institutions on behalf of such physicians, other practitioners, and scientists, in the compilation of existing, and the creation of additional, written matter which will facilitate the distribution and utilization of knowledge and information relating to scientific, social, and cultural advancements in sciences related to health; (4) assist in the conduct of research, investigations, and demonstrations in the field of medical library science and related activities, and in the development of new techniques, systems, and equipment for processing, storing, retrieving, and distributing information in the sciences related to health; (5) assist in establishing, expanding, and improving the basic resources of medical libraries and related facilities; (6) assist in the development of a national system of regional medical libraries each of which would Part I redesignated as part J by sec. 10(a)(1) of P.L. 91-212. Redesignated part J is amended by striking out "Surgeon General" each place it occurs and inserting "Secretary" by sec. 10(d) (2) (A) of P.L. 91-212. Sec. 390 (b) amended by secs. 4, 5, and 6 of P.L. 91–212. have facilities of sufficient depth and scope to supple- (7) provide financial support to biomedical scien- DEFINITIONS SEC. 391. As used in this part (1) the term "sciences related to health" includes medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, and public health, and fundamental and applied sciences when related thereto. 6 (2) the terms "National Medical Libraries Assistance Advisory Board" and "Board" mean the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine established under section 383 (a) of this Act; (3) the terms "construction" and "cost of construction", when used with reference to any medical library facility, include (A) the construction of new buildings, and the expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings, including architects' fees, but not including the cost of acquisition of land or off-site improvements, and (B) equipping new buildings and existing buildings (whether or not expanded, remodeled, or altered) for use as a library (including provision of automatic data processing equipment), but not with books, pamphlets, or related material; (4) the term "medical library" means a library related to the sciences related to health. NATIONAL MEDICAL LIBRARIES ASSISTANCE BOARD 42 U.S.C. 280b-1 280b-2 SEC. 392. (a) The Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine established pursuant to section 383 42 U.S.C. (a) shall, in addition to its functions prescribed under section 383, constitute and serve as the National Medical Libraries Assistance Advisory Board (hereinafter in this part referred to as the "Board"). (b) The Board shall (1) advise and assist the Secretary in the preparation of general regulations and with respect to policy matters arising in the administration of this part, and (2) consider all applications for construction grants under this part and make to the Secretary such recommendations as it deems advisable with respect to (A) the approval of such applications, and (B) the amount which should be granted to each applicant whose application, in its opinion, should be approved. Sec. 391 (2) amended by sec. 10 (b) (3) of P.L. 91-212. Sec. 392(a) amended by sec. 10(b) (4) (A) and (B) of P.L. 91-212. Functions |