42 U.S.C. § 285i
Purpose of Institute
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 285i, Purpose of Institute, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/475627
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The general purpose of the National Eye Institute (hereafter 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 blinding eye diseases, visual disorders, mechanisms of visual function, preservation of sight, and the special health problems and requirements of the blind. Subject to section 285i–1 of this title, the Director of the Institute may carry out a program of grants for public and private nonprofit vision research facilities.
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.
- Health Research Extension Act of 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993