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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 2102. Authority of Secretary
(a) Use of health research and research training resources
To carry out the purposes of clause (1) of section 2101 of this
title, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereafter
referred to as the "Secretary") may in the exercise of his
responsibilities under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, sections
191 to 194 of title 42, and any other provision of law, to conduct
and support health research and research training, including
research and research training relating to the rehabilitation of
the handicapped, make such use of health research and research
training resources in participating foreign countries as he may
deem necessary and desirable.
(b) Fellowships; equipment, meetings and conferences; interchange
of scientists and experts; consultants; compensation and travel
expenses
To carry out his responsibilities under this section the
Secretary may -
(1) establish and maintain fellowships in the United States and
in participating foreign countries;
(2) make grants to public institutions or agencies and to
nonprofit private institutions or agencies in the United States
and in participating foreign countries for the purpose of
establishing and maintaining fellowships;
(3) make grants or loans of equipment, medical, biological,
physical, or chemical substances or other materials, for use by
public institutions or agencies, or nonprofit private
institutions or agencies, or by individuals, in participating
foreign countries;
(4) participate and otherwise cooperate in any international
health or medical research or research training meetings,
conferences, or other activities;
(5) facilitate the interchange between the United States and
participating foreign countries, and among participating foreign
countries, of research scientists and experts who are engaged in
experiments and programs of research or research training, and in
carrying out such purpose may pay per diem compensation,
subsistence, and travel for such scientists and experts when away
from their places of residence at rates not to exceed those
provided in section 5703 of title 5 for persons in the Government
service intermittently employed; and
(6) procure, in accordance with the provisions of section 3109
of title 5, the temporary or intermittent services of experts or
consultants; individuals so employed shall receive compensation
at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary, but not in excess of $50
per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes
or regular places of business may be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by
section 5703 of title 5 for persons in the Government service
employed intermittently.
(c) Definitions
For the purposes of this section -
(1) The term "health research" shall include, but not be
limited to, research, investigations, and studies relating to
causes and methods of prevention of accidents, including but not
limited to highway and aviation accidents.
(2) The term "participating foreign countries" means those
foreign countries which cooperate with the United States in
carrying out the purposes of this section.
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