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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

 

National Institutes of Health; Statement of Organization, 
Functions, and Delegations of Authority

    Part H. Chapter HN (National Institutes of Health) of the Statement 
of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the 
Department of Health and Human Services (40 FR 22859, May 27, 1975, as 
amended most recently at 58 FR 64408-9, December 7, 1993), is amended 
to implement section 404A of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 
283c, as amended by the NIH Revitalizaiton Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-
43), pertaining to the establishment of the Office of Behavioral and 
Social Sciences Research within the Office of the Director, National 
Institutes of Health (OD/NIH). This Office will serve as the NIH focal 
point for coordinating activities undertaken within the framework of 
behavioral and social sciences research.
    Section HN-B Organization and Functions, is amended as follows: (1) 
After the heading Office of Research on Women's Health (HNAG), insert 
the following:
    Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (HNAH). (1) 
Advises the NIH Director and other key officials on matters relating to 
research on the role of human behavior in the development of health, 
prevention of disease, and therapeutic intervention; (2) coordinates 
research projects in the behavioral and social sciences conducted or 
supported by the NIH national institutes and centers (IC); (3) 
identifies research projects that deserve expanded effort and support 
by the ICs; and (4) develops research projects in cooperation with the 
ICs.

Delegations of Authority Statement

    All delegations and redelegations of authority to offices and 
employees of the NIH which were in effect immediately prior to the 
effective date of this reorganization will be continued in effect in 
them or their successors, pending further redelegation, provided they 
are consistent with this reorganzation.

    Dated: July 13, 1994.
Donna E. Shalala,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-17642 Filed 7-19-94; 8:45 am]
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