An Act to provide for the establishment of a national advisory commission to determine the most effective means of finding the cause of and cures and treatments for multiple sclerosis
PL 92-563 (H.R.15475), enacted 10/25/1972

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"(f) Any civil action under this section shall be barred unless it i.^J**"/'' °^ 
is commenced within twelve years of the date upon which it accrued. *""**' *'"** 
Such action shall be deemed to have accrued on the date the plaintiff or 
his predecessor in interest knew or should have known of the claim of 
the United States. 
"(g) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit suits 
against the United States based upon adverse possession.^' 
(b) The chapter analysis at the beginning of chapter 161 of title 
28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 2409 the following new item: 
"2409a. Real property quiet title actions." 
Approved October 25, 1972. 
Public Law 92-563 
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October 25. 1972 
To provide for the establishment of a national advisory commission to determine 
[H. R. 15475] 
the most eflPective means of finding the cause of and cures and treatments for 
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multiple sclerosis. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
SHORT TITLE 
National Advis-
ory Commission 
on Multiple. 
Sclerosis Act. 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "National Advisory Com-
mission on Multiple Sclerosis Act". 
FINDINGS 
SEC. 2. The Congress finds that— 
(1) multiple sclerosis is a disease characterized by degeneration 
within the brain and spinal cord and by loss of motor and sensory 
functions; 
(2) this disease, known as the "great crippler of young adults", 
generally makes its first appearance in the very prime of life, 
between the ages of twenty and forty, already affects great num-
bers of Americans, and will begin to afflict an even greater num-
ber as our young adult population expands; 
(3) the cause of multiple sclerosis is unknown and there is 
neither a preventive nor a cure for the disease; and 
(4) the determination of the most effective program for dis-
covering the cause of and cures and treatments for the disease 
deserves the highest priority. 
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SEC. 3. (a) (1) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Appointment. 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary"^, after 
consultation with the advisory council to the National Institute on 
Neurological Diseases and Stroke appointed under section 342 of 
the Public Health Service Act, shall appoint a national advisory 8/stat*\'24o'' 
commission to determine the most effective means of finding the cause 42 use 258. 
of and cures and treatments for multiple sclerosis. Such study and study. 
investigation shall give particular emphasis to the need for additional 
financial support by the Federal Government and the means by which 
the Federal Government can best participate in the effort to find 
the cause of and cures and treatments for multiple sclerosis. 
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Travel ex-
penses. 
80 Stat. 499. 
Admini strati ve 
support services. 
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Final report to 
President and 
Congress. 
Termination 
date. 
(2) The Secretary shall appoint to the commission (A) four mem-
bers of the advisory council referred to in paragraph (1), and (B) 
five other individuals from the public who are particularly qualified 
to participate in the work of the commission. The members of the com-
mission shall select a chairman from among the members appointed 
under clause (B) of the preceding sentence. Members of the commis-
sion shall each be entitled to receive the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule 
for each day (including traveltime) during which they are engaged 
in the actual performance of duties vested in the commission. While 
away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance 
of services for the commission, members of the commission shall be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in 
the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government 
service are allowed expenses under section 5703(b) of title 5 of the 
United States Code. 
(3) The Secretary shall provide such administrative support serv-
ices for the commission as it may request. 
(b) Each department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive 
branch of the Federal Government, including independent agencies, 
shall furnish to the commission, upon the request of its chairman, 
such information, services, personnel, and facilities as the commission 
deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. 
(c) The commission shall transmit to the Secretary for transmittal 
to the President and the Congress a final report (which shall include 
recommendations for such legislation as the commission determines 
is necessary) not later than one year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and the commission shall cease to exist thirty days after 
submitting its report. 
Approved October 25, 1972. 
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Public Law 92-564 
October 25, 1972 
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R E S O L U T I O N 
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