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  • Title: (Reprint of) National Research Act. Conference Report.
    Author: U.S. CONGRESS. SENATE.
    Journal: Drug Res Rep; 1974 Jul; 17(28):51-536. PubMed ID: 12333496.
    Abstract:
    This report of a joint House and Senate conference committee amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a national program of biomedical research fellowships, traineeships, and training, and to provide for the protection of human beings in biomedical and behavioral research. The act is to be known as the National Research Act. Title 1 provides for 3-year research awards for training at the National Institutes of Health, the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, and non-Federal public and nonprofit private institutions. Procedures, stipends, and other technical matters are set out in detail. Title 3 establishes an advisory National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. At the end of its 2-year existence, the Commission shall submit a written report to the President. No more than 6 of the 11 member Commission shall be engaged in biomedical or behavioral research on humans. Among its duties, the Commission shall identify the basic ethical principles which should underlie the conduct of biomedical and behavioral research and develop guidelines to assure that research is conducted in accordance with such principles. It shall identify requirements for informed consent for participation in biomedical and behavioral research by children, prisoners, and institutionalized mental patients. It shall study the nature, extent, and purpose of research involving live fetuses. It shall investigate the use of psychosurgery. The amendment also calls for the establishment of a permanent National Advisory Council for the Protection of Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. It shall be made up of from 7 to 15 people and shall advise the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare concerning all matters pertaining to human subjects of biomedical and behavioral research. The amendment also states that until the Commission has made recommendations with regard to fetal research, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare may not support research on a live fetus unless it is done to aid in the survival of the fetus.
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