42 U.S.C. § 286c
Purpose, establishment, functions, and funding of National Center for Biotechnology Information
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 286c, Purpose, establishment, functions, and funding of National Center for Biotechnology Information, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/475698
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In order to focus and expand the collection, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of the results of biotechnology research by information systems, and to support and enhance the development of new information technologies to aid in the understanding of the molecular processes that control health and disease, there is established the National Center for Biotechnology Information (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Center”) in the National Library of Medicine.
The Secretary, through the Center and subject to section 286(d) of this title, shall—
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 Omnibus Extension of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993