---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch6A/schIII/ptB"
level: "part"
label: "Part B"
heading: "General Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch6A-schIII-ptB"
sections_count: 22
---

# Part B — General Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 6A — Public Health Service › Subchapter III — National Research Institutes

## Sections

- [§284. Directors of national research institutes](/usc/42/284.md)
- [§284a. Advisory councils](/usc/42/284a.md)
- [§284b. Repealed.](/usc/42/284b.md)
- [§284c. Certain uses of funds](/usc/42/284c.md)
- [§284d. Definitions](/usc/42/284d.md)
- [§284e. Research on osteoporosis, Paget’s disease, and related bone disorders](/usc/42/284e.md)
- [§284f. Parkinson’s disease](/usc/42/284f.md)
- [§284g. Expansion, intensification, and coordination of activities of National Institutes of Health with respect to research on autism spectrum disorder](/usc/42/284g.md)
- [§284h. Pediatric Research Initiative](/usc/42/284h.md)
- [§284i. Autoimmune diseases](/usc/42/284i.md)
- [§284j. Muscular dystrophy research](/usc/42/284j.md)
- [§284k. Clinical research](/usc/42/284k.md)
- [§284l. Enhancement awards](/usc/42/284l.md)
- [§284m. Program for pediatric studies of drugs](/usc/42/284m.md)
- [§284m–1. Pediatric Advisory Committee](/usc/42/284m-1.md)
- [§284n. Certain demonstration projects](/usc/42/284n.md)
- [§284o. Activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to research on paralysis](/usc/42/284o.md)
- [§284p. Activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to research with implications for enhancing daily function for persons with paralysis](/usc/42/284p.md)
- [§284q. Pain research](/usc/42/284q.md)
- [§284q–1. NIH opioid research](/usc/42/284q-1.md)
- [§284r. Basic research](/usc/42/284r.md)
- [§284s. Tick-borne diseases](/usc/42/284s.md)