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of persons or property from such country that a suspension of the right to introduce such persons and property is required in the interest of the public health, the Surgeon General, in accordance with regulations approved by the President, shall have the power to prohibit, in whole or in part, the introduction of persons and property from such countries or places as he shall designate in order to avert such danger, and for such period of time as he may deem necessary for such purpose. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 362, 58 Stat. 704.)

ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF SURGEON GENERAL

The Office of the Surgeon General was abolished by section 3 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3 eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, and all functions thereof were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3, set out as a note under section 202 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 271 of this title. § 266. Special quarantine powers in time of war.

To protect the military and naval forces and war workers of the United States, in time of war, against any communicable disease specified in Executive orders as provided in subsection (b) of section 264 of this title, the Surgeon General, on recommendation of the National Advisory Health Council, is authorized to provide by regulations for the apprehension and examination, in time of war, of any individual reasonably believed (1) to be infected with such disease in a communicable stage and (2) to be a probable source of infection to members of the armed forces of the United States or to individuals engaged in the production or transportation of arms, munitions, ships, food, clothing, or other supplies for the armed forces. Such regulations may provide that if upon examination any such individual is found to be so infected, he may be detained for such time and in such manner as may be reasonably necessary. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 363, 58 Stat. 704.)

TERMINATION OF WAR AND EMERGENCIES

Joint Res. July 25, 1947, ch. 327, § 3, 61 Stat. 451, provided that in the interpretation of this section, the date July 25, 1947, shall be deemed to be the date of termination of any state of war theretofore declared by Congress and of the national emergencies proclaimed by the President on September 8, 1939, and May 27, 1941.

ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF SURGEON GENERAL

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 271 of this title. § 267. Quarantine stations, grounds, and anchorages. (a) Control and management.

Except as provided in sections 191, 192, 193, and 194 of Title 50, the Surgeon General shall control, direct, and manage all United States quarantine stations, grounds, and anchorages, designate their boundaries, and designate the quarantine officers to be in charge thereof. With the approval of the President he shall from time to time select suitable sites for and establish such additional stations, grounds, and anchorages in the States and posses

sions of the United States as in his judgment are necessary to prevent the introduction of communicable diseases into the States and possessions of the United States.

(b) Hours of inspection.

The Surgeon General shall establish the hours during which quarantine service shall be performed at each quarantine station, and, upon application by any interested party, may establish quarantine inspection during the twenty-four hours of the day, or any fraction thereof, at such quarantine stations as, in his opinion, require such extended service. may restrict the performance of quarantine inspection to hours of daylight for such arriving vessels as cannot, in his opinion, be satisfactorily inspected during hours of darkness. No vessel shall be required to undergo quarantine inspection during the hours of darkness, unless the quarantine officer at such quarantine station shall deem an immediate inspection necessary to protect the public health. Uniformity shall not be required in the hours during which quarantine inspection may be obtained at the various ports of the United States.

The Surgeon General shall fix a reasonable rate of extra compensation for overtime services of employees of the United States Public Health Service, Foreign Quarantine Division, performing overtime duties including the operation of vessels, in connection with the inspection or quarantine treatment of persons (passengers and crews), conveyances, or goods arriving by land, water, or air in the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, hereinafter referred to as "employees of the Public Health Service", when required to be on duty between the hours of 6 o'clock postmeridian and 6 o'clock antemeridian (or between the hours of 7 o'clock postmeridian and 7 o'clock antemeridian at stations which have a declared workday of from 7 o'clock antemeridian to 7 o'clock postmeridian), or on Sundays or holidays, such rate, in lieu of compensation under any other provision of law, to be fixed at two times the basic hourly rate for each hour that the overtime extends beyond 6 o'clock (or 7 o'clock as the case may be) postmeridian, and two times the basic hourly rate for each overtime hour worked on Sundays or holidays. As used in this subsection, the term "basic hourly rate" shall mean the regular basic rate of pay which is applicable to such employees for work performed within their regular scheduled tour of duty.

(d) Payment of extra compensation to United States; bond or deposit to assure payment; deposit of moneys to credit of appropriation.

(1) The said extra compensation shall be paid to the United States by the owner, agent, consignee, operator, or master or other person in charge of any conveyance, for whom, at his request, services as described in this subsection (hereinafter referred to as overtime service) are performed. If such employees have been ordered to report for duty and have so reported, and the requested services are not performed by reason of circumstances beyond the control of the employees concerned, such extra compensation shall be paid on the same basis as though

the overtime services had actually been performed during the period between the time the employees were ordered to report for duty and did so report, and the time they were notified that their services would not be required, and in any case as though their services had continued for not less than one hour. The Surgeon General with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may prescribe regulations requiring the owner, agent, consignee, operator, or master or other person for whom the overtime services are performed to file a bond in such amounts and containing such conditions and with such sureties, or in lieu of a bond, to deposit money or obligations of the United States in such amount, as will assure the payment of charges under this subsection, which bond or deposit may cover one or more transactions or all transactions during a specified period: Provided, That no charges shall be made for services performed in connection with the inspection of (1) persons arriving by international highways, ferries, bridges, or tunnels, or the conveyances in which they arrive, or (2) persons arriving by aircraft or railroad trains, the operations of which are covered by published schedules, or the aircraft or trains in which they arrive, or 3) persons arriving by vessels operated between Canadian ports and ports on Puget Sound or operated on the Great Lakes and connecting waterways, the operations of which are covered by published schedules, or the vessels in which they arrive.

(2) Moneys collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation charged with the expense of the services, and the appropriations so credited shall be available for the payment of such compensation to the said employees for services so rendered. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 364, 58 Stat. 704; June 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85-58, ch. VII, § 701, 71 Stat. 181; Aug. 1, 1958, Pub. L. 85-580, title II, § 201, 72 Stat. 467.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 193 of Title 50, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, and is now covered by section 2274 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

AMENDMENTS

1958 Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85-580 increased the rate of pay for each hour that the overtime extends beyond 6 o'clock (or 7 o'clock as the case may be) postmeridian from one and one-half times the basic hourly rate to two times the basic hourly rate.

1957-Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 85-58 added subsecs. (c) and (d).

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of Public Health Service, of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, and of all other officers and employees of the Public Health Service, and all functions of all agencies of or in the Public Health Service transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, effective June 25, 1966, set out as a note under section 202 of this title.

DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS

Functions of the President delegated to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, see Ex. Ord. No. 11140, Jan. 30, 1964, 29 F.R. 1637, set out as a note under section 202 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 270, 271 of this title.

§ 268. Quarantine duties of consular and other officers.

(a) Any consular or medical officer of the United States, designated for such purpose by the Secretary, shall make reports to the Surgeon General, on such forms and at such intervals as the Surgeon General may prescribe, of the health conditions at the port or place at which such officer is stationed.

(b) It shall be the duty of the customs officers and of Coast Guard officers to aid in the enforcement of quarantine rules and regulations; but no additional compensation, except actual and necessary traveling expenses, shall be allowed any such officer by reason of such services. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 365, 58 Stat. 705; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F. R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Reference to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare was substituted for reference to the Federal Security Administrator pursuant to 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 5, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred all functions of the Federal Security Administrator to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of the Federal Security Agency to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The Federal Security Agency and the office of Administrator were abolished by section 8 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1.

All functions of all officers of the Department of the Treasury, and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, were transferred, with certain exceptions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F. R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Officers of the customs are officers of the Treasury Department.

ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF SURGEON GENERAL

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 270 of this title.

§ 269. Bills of health.

(a) Detail of medical officer; conditions precedent to issuance; consular officer to receive fees. Except as otherwise prescribed in regulations, any vessel at any foreign port or place clearing or departing for any port or place in a State or possession shall be required to obtain from the consular officer of the United States or from the Public Health Service officer, or other medical officer of the United States designated by the Surgeon General, at the port or place of departure, a bill of health in duplicate, in the form prescribed by the Surgeon General. The President, from time to time, shall specify the ports at which a medical officer shall be stationed for this purpose. Such bill of health shall set forth the sanitary history and condition of said vessel, and shall state that it has in all respects complied with the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. Before granting such duplicate bill of health, such consular or medical officer shall

be satisfied that the matters and things therein stated are true. The consular officer shall be entitled to demand and receive the fees for bills of health and such fees shall be established by regulation.

(b) Collectors of customs to receive originals; duplicate copies as part of ship's papers.

Original bills of health shall be delivered to the collectors of customs at the port of entry. Duplicate copies of such bills of health shall be delivered at the time of inspection to quarantine officers at such port. The bills of health herein prescribed shall be considered as part of the ship's papers, and when duly certified to by the proper consular or other officer of the United States, over his official signature and seal, shall be accepted as evidence of the statements therein contained in any court of the United States. (c) Regulations to secure sanitary conditions of vessels.

The Surgeon General shall from time to time prescribe regulations, applicable to vessels referred to in subsection (a) of this section for the purpose of preventing the introduction into the States or possessions of the United States of any communicable disease by securing the best sanitary condition of such vessels, their cargoes, passengers, and crews. Such regulations shall be observed by such vessels prior to departure, during the course of the voyage, and also during inspection, disinfection, or other quarantine procedure upon arrival at any United States quarantine station.

(d) Vessels from ports near frontier.

The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to vessels plying between such foreign ports on or near the frontiers of the United States and ports of the United States as are designated by treaty.

(e) Compliance with regulations.

It shall be unlawful for any vessel to enter any port in any State or possession of the United States to discharge its cargo, or land its passengers, except upon a certificate of the quarantine officer that regulations prescribed under subsection (c) of this section have in all respects been complied with by such officer, the vessel, and its master. The master of every such vessel shall deliver such certificate to the collector of customs at the port of entry, together with the original bill of health and other papers of the vessel. The certificate required by this subsection shall be procurable from the quarantine officer, upon arrival of the vessel at the quarantine station and satisfactory inspection thereof, at any time within which quarantine services are performed at such station. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 366, 58 Stat. 705.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All offices of collector of customs, comptroller of customs, surveyor of customs, and appraiser of merchandise of the Bureau of Customs of the Department of the Treasury to which appointments were required to be made

by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate were ordered abolished, with such offices to be terminated not later than December 31, 1966, by Reorg. Plan No. 1, of 1965, eff. May 25, 1965, 30 F.R. 7035, 79 Stat. 1317, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. All functions of the offices eliminated were already vested in the Secretary of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 270, 271 of this title.

§ 270. Quarantine regulations governing civil air navigation and civil aircraft.

The Surgeon General is authorized to provide by regulations for the application to air navigation and aircraft of any of the provisions of sections 267 to 269 of this title and regulations prescribed thereunder (including penalties and forfeitures for violations of such sections and regulations), to such extent and upon such conditions as he deems necessary for the safeguarding of the public health. (July 1, 1944, ch.

373, title III, § 367, 58 Stat. 706.)

ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF SURGEON GENERAL

§ 271. Penalties for violation of quarantine laws; remission or mitigation of forfeitures.

(a) Any person who violates any regulation prescribed under sections 264 to 266 of this title, or any provision of section 269 of this title or any regulation prescribed thereunder, or who enters or departs from the limits of any quarantine station, ground, or anchorage in disregard of quarantine rules and regulations or without permission of the quarantine officer in charge, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

(b) Any vessel which violates section 269 of this title, or any regulations thereunder or under section 267 of this title, or which enters within or departs from the limits of any quarantine station, ground, or anchorage in disregard of the quarantine rules and regulations or without permission of the officer in charge, shall forfeit to the United States not more than $5,000, the amount to be determined by the court, which shall be a lien on such vessel, to be recovered by proceedings in the proper district court of the United States. In all such proceedings the United States attorney shall appear on behalf of the United States; and all such proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and laws governing cases of seizure of vessels for violation of the revenue laws of the United States.

(c) With the approval of the Secretary, the Surgeon General may, upon application therefor, remit or mitigate any forfeiture provided for under subsection (b) of this section, and he shall have authority to ascertain the facts upon all such applications. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 368, 58 Stat. 706; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 909; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F. R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631.)

CHANGE OF NAME

Act June 25, 1948, substituted "United States attorney" for "United States district attorney". See section 541 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Reference to the Federal Security Administrator was changed to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 5, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred all functions of the Federal Security Administrator to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of the Federal Security Agency to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The Federal Security Agency and the office of Administrator were abolished by section 8 of 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1.

ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF SURGEON GENERAL

§ 272. Administration of oaths by quarantine officers. Medical officers of the United States, when performing duties as quarantine officers at any port or place within the United States, are authorized to take declarations and administer oaths in matters pertaining to the administration of the quarantine laws and regulations of the United States. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 369, 58 Stat. 706.)

PART H.-GRANTS TO ALASKA FOR MENTAL HEALTH

CODIFICATION

Another Part H, entitled "National Library of Medicine", was added by act Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 907, 70 Stat. 960. Its part designation was changed to "Part I" and it is set out in section 275 et seq. of this title.

§ 273. Repealed. Pub. L. 86-70, § 31(b)(1), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 148, eff. July 1, 1959.

Section, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 371, as added July 28, 1956, ch. 772, title II, § 201, 70 Stat. 709, authorized grants to the Territory of Alaska for an integrated mental health program. A subsequent section 371 of act July 1, 1944, added by act Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 907, § 1, 70 Stat. 960, is set out as section 275 of this title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL

Section 31(b)(1) of Pub. L. 86–70 provided in part that the repeal of this section shall be effective July 1, 1959. §274. Grants to Alaska for mental health program; payments for construction of hospital facilities. (a) Appropriation.

There is authorized to be appropriated an amount not exceeding the total sum of $6,500,000, to remain available until expended, to enable the Surgeon General to make payments to Alaska as the total contribution of the Federal Government to be used in defraying the cost of construction of hospital and other facilities in Alaska needed for the carrying out of a comprehensive mental health program. (b) Construction of projects.

Such facilities shall be scheduled for construction in accordance with a comprehensive construction program, developed by Alaska in consultation with the Public Health Service and approved by the Surgeon General. Projects shall be constructed in accordance with such approved program and in ac

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cordance with plans and specifications for the project approved by the Surgeon General.

Upon certification by Alaska, based upon inspection by it, that work has been performed upon a project, or purchases have been made in accordance with approved plans and specifications, and that payment of an installment is due, the Surgeon General shall certify such installment for payment: Provided, however, That the Surgeon General may cause the project to be inspected at any time, and if such inspection indicates that the project is not being constructed in accordance with approved plans and specifications, he may, after notice and affording opportunity for hearing, withhold further payment until he finds that adequate corrective measures have been taken.

(d) Definition of cost of construction.

The term "cost of construction" means the amount found necessary by the Surgeon General for the construction of a project and includes the construction and initial equipment of buildings (including medical transportation facilities), architects' and engineering fees, the cost of land acquired specifically for the purpose of the project, and on-site improvements.

(e) Recovery of value of facility.

If, within twenty years from the date of completion of construction, any hospital or other medical facility constructed with the aid of grants under this section shall cease to be a publicly owned facility operated for the care or treatment of patients under Alaska's mental health program, the United States shall be entitled to recover from Alaska the then value of the hospital or other medical facility, reduced, however, proportionately to the extent to which Alaska may have contributed to the cost of construction thereof. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 372, as added July 28, 1956, ch. 772, title II, §201, 70 Stat. 710, and amended June 25, 1959, Pub. L. 86-70, § 31(b) (2)—(4), 73 Stat. 148.)

CODIFICATION

A subsequent section 372 of act July 1, 1944, added by act Aug. 3, 1956 ch. 941, § 1, 70 Stat. 960, and relating to the functions of the National Library of Medicine, is classified to section 276 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1959 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86-70, § 31(b)(2), eliminated words "the Territory of" preceding "Alaska as." Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86-70, § 31(b) (3), substituted "Alaska" for "the Territory."

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 86-70, § 31(b) (3), substituted "Alaska" for "the Territory."

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 86-70, § 31(b) (3), (4), substituted "Alaska" for "the Territory" in two instances, and "Alaska's" for "the Territory's."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1959 AMENDMENT Amendment of section by Pub. L. 86-70 effective on Jan. 3, 1959, see section 47 (d) of Pub. L. 86-70.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 203 of act, July 28, 1956 provided that this section shall be effective July 28, 1956.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of Public Health Service, of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, and of all other officers and employees of the Public Health Service, and all

functions of all agencies of or in the Public Health Service transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, effective June 25, 1966, set out as a note under section 202 of this title.

PART I.-NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

CODIFICATION

Pub. L. 91-212, § 10(a) (2), Mar. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 66, redesignated "Part H-National Library of Medicine", as "Part I-National Library of Medicine".

PART REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This part is referred to in section 280b-2 of this title. § 275. Congressional declaration of purpose; establish

ment.

In order to assist the advancement of medical and related sciences, and to aid the dissemination and exchange of scientific and other information important to the progress of medicine and to the public health, there is established in the Public Health Service a National Library of Medicine (hereinafter referred to in this part as the "Library"). (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 381, formerly § 371, as added Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 907, § 1, 70 Stat. 960, and renumbered Mar 13, 1970, Pub. L. 91-212, § 10(a) (3), 84 Stat. 66.)

CODIFICATION

A prior section 371 of act July 1, 1944, added by act July 28, 1956, ch. 772, title II, § 201, 70 Stat. 209, and relating to grants for Alaska Mental Health program, was classified to former section 273 of this title and was repealed.

SHORT TITLE

Section 2 of act Aug. 3, 1956, provided that: "This Act [which enacted this part] may be cited as the 'National Library of Medicine Act'."

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 280b-2 of this title. § 276. Functions.

(a) The Secretary, through the Library and subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, shall

(1) acquire and preserve books, periodicals, prints, films, recordings, and other library materials pertinent to medicine;

(2) organize the materials specified in clause (1) of this subsection by appropriate cataloging, indexing, and bibliographical listing;

(3) publish and make available the catalogs, indexes, and bibliographies referred to in clause (2) of this subsection;

(4) make available, through loans, photographic or other copying procedures or otherwise, such materials in the Library as he deems appropriate;

(5) provide reference and research assistance; and

(6) engage in such other activities in furtherance of the purposes of this part as he deems appropriate and the Library's resources permit. (b) The Secretary may exchange, destroy, or otherwise dispose of any books, periodicals, films, and other library materials not needed for the permanent use of the Library.

(c) The Secretary is authorized, after obtaining the advice and recommendations of the Board (established under section 277 of this title), to prescribe rules under which the Library will provide copies of its publications or materials, or will make available its facilities for research or its bibliographic, reference, or other services, to public and private agencies and organizations, institutions, and individuals. Such rules may provide for making available such publications, materials, facilities, or services (1) without charge as a public service, or (2) upon a loan, exchange, or charge basis, or (3) in appropriate circumstances, under contract arrangements made with a public or other nonprofit agency, organization, or institution. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 382, formerly § 372, as added Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 907, § 1, 70 Stat. 960, and renumbered and amended Mar. 13, 1970, Pub. L. 91-212, § 10(a) (3), (b) (1), (d) (1), 84 Stat. 66, 67.)

CODIFICATION

A prior section 372 of act July 1, 1944, added by act July 28, 1956, ch. 772, title II, § 201, 70 Stat. 209, and relating to payments for construction of hospital facilities in connection with the Alaska mental health program, is classified to section 274 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1970-Pub. L. 91–212, § 10(d)(1), struck out "Surgeon General" wherever appearing. "Secretary" was substituted therefor in the codification of Pub. L. 91-212 as the probable intent of Congress.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91-212, 10(b) (1), substituted "section 383" for "section 373" which for purposes of codification has been editorially translated as "section 277 of this title."

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT

Section 12(b) of Pub. L. 91-212 provided that: "The amendments made by sections 10(d) and 11 [amending this section and sections 201, 277, 278, 280, 280a-1, 280b-2 to 280b-9 and 280b-11 of this title] shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Mar. 13, 1970]."

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 280b-2 of this title.

§ 277. Board of Regents.

(a) Establishment; composition; appointment of members; Chairman; executive secretary. There is established in the Public Health Service a Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine (referred to in this part as the "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

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