The Secretary may establish a committee to be known as the Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Interagency Coordinating Committee (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Coordinating Committee").
The Coordinating Committee shall, with respect to deafness and other communication disorders-
The Coordinating Committee shall be composed of the directors of each of the national research institutes and divisions involved in research with respect to deafness and other communication disorders and representatives of all other Federal departments and agencies whose programs involve health functions or responsibilities relevant to deafness and other communication disorders.
The Coordinating Committee shall be chaired by the Director of NIH (or the designee of the Director). The Committee shall meet at the call of the chair, but not less often than four times a year.
42 U.S.C. § 285m-5
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATION Pub. L. 100-553 and section 2613(a)(1) of Pub. L. 100-690 contained identical provisions enacting this section. See 1988 Amendment note below.
AMENDMENTS2007-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109-482 struck out subsec. (e) which read as follows: "Not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Coordinating Committee shall prepare and transmit to the Secretary, the Director of NIH, the Director of the Institute, and the advisory council for the Institute a report detailing the activities of the Committee in such fiscal year in carrying out subsection (b) of this section." 1993-Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 103-43 inserted "Coordinating" before "Committee" in first sentence of subsec. (d) and before first reference to "Committee" in subsec. (e). 1988- Pub. L. 100-690, §2613(b)(2), amended this section to read as if the amendments made by Pub. L. 100-690, §2613(a)(1), which enacted this section, had not been enacted. See Codification note above.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2007 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 109-482 applicable only with respect to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2007 or subsequent fiscal years, see section 109 of Pub. L. 109-482 set out as a note under section 281 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1988 AMENDMENT For effective date of amendment by section 2613(b)(2) of Pub. L. 100-690 see section 2613(b)(1) of Pub. L. 100-690 set out as an Effect of Enactment of Similar Provisions note under section 285m of this title.
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1 See References in Text note below.