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42 U.S.C. § 285l

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/us/usc/t42/s285l
Title
42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter
CH6A
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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The general purpose of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (in this subpart referred to as the “Institute”) is the conduct and support of research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to factors in the environment that affect human health, directly or indirectly. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 463, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 857; amended Pub. L. 103–43, title XIII, § 1301(b), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 170.) Editorial Notes Amendments1993—Pub. L. 103–43 inserted “(in this subpart referred to as the ‘Institute’)” after “Sciences”.

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