42 U.S.C. § 285b–7a
Heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 285b–7a, Heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/475563
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The Director of the Institute shall expand, intensify, and coordinate research and related activities of the Institute with respect to heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.
The Director of the Institute shall coordinate activities under subsection (a) with similar activities conducted by the other national research institutes and agencies of the National Institutes of Health to the extent that such Institutes and agencies have responsibilities that are related to heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.
In carrying out subsection (a), the Director of the Institute shall conduct or support research to expand the understanding of the causes of, and to develop methods for preventing, cardiovascular diseases in women. Activities under such subsection shall include conducting and supporting the following:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Women's Health Research and Prevention Amendments of 1998House: 401–1Senate: no recorded tally
- National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006House: 414–2Senate: no recorded tally