Joint resolution to establish a National Institute for International Health and Medical Research, to provide for international cooperation in health research, research training, and research planning, and for other purposes
PL 86-610 (S.J.Res.41), enacted 07/12/1960

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Public Law 86-610 
July 12,1960 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
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To establish a National Institute for International Health and Medical Research, 
to provide for international cooperation in health research, research training, 
and research planning, and for other purposes. 
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enemies or all nations and peoples, and that the means, methods, 
and techniques for combating and abating the ravages of disease 
and disability and for improving the health and health standards of 
man should be sought and shared, without regard to national bound-
aries and divisions; and 
Whereas advances in combating and abating disease and in the posi-
tive promotion of human health can be stimulated by supporting 
and encouraging cooperation among scientists, research workers, 
and teachers on an international basis, with consequent benefit to 
the health of our people and of all peoples; and 
Whereas there already exist tested means for international cooperation 
in matters relating to health, including the World Health Organiza-
tion, the Pan American Health Organization, and the United Na-
tions Children's Fund (UNICEF), with which the United States 
is identified and associated, and it is highly desirable that the United 
States establish domestic machinery for the maximum mobilization 
of its health research resources, the more efficiently to cooperate with 
and support the research, research-training and research-planning 
endeavors of such international organizations: Therefore be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This joint resolution may be cited as the "International 
Health Kesearch Act of 1960". 
PURPOSE OF RESOLUTION 
SEC. 2. It is the purpose of this joint resolution— 
(1) to advance the status of the health sciences in the United 
States and thereby the health of the American people through co-
operative endeavors with other countries in health research, and 
research training; and 
(2) to advance the international status of the health sciences 
through cooperative enterprises in health research, research plan-
ning, and research training, 
AUTHORITY OP SURGEON GENERAL 
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o^ th^ Public Health Service Act (42 
42usc24i-242e. U.S.C, ch. 6A) is amended by adding immediately after section 307, 
the following new section: 
" I N T E R N A T I O N A L COOPERATION 
"SEC. 308. (a) To carry out the purposes of clause (1) of section 
2 of the International Health Eesearch Act of 1960, the Surgeon 
General may, in the exercise of his authority under this Act and 
other provisions of law to conduct and support health research 
and research training, make such use of health research and research 
training resources in participating foreign countries as he may deem 
necessary and desirable. 
69 Stat. 394. 
60 Stat. 810. 
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"(b) 111 carrying out his responsibilities under this section the 
Surgeon General may— 
"(1) establish and maintain fellowships in the United States 
and in participating foreign countries; 
"(2) make grants to public institutions or agencies and to 
nonprofit private institutions or agencies in the United States 
and in participating foreign countries for the purpose of estab-
lishing and maintaining fellowships; 
"(3) make gra-nts or loans of equipment, medical, biological, 
physical, or chemical substances or other materials, for use by 
public institutions or agencies, or nonprofit private institutions 
or agencies, or by individuals, in participating foreign countries; 
"(4) participate and otherwise cooperate in any international 
health research or research training meetings, conferences, or 
other activities; 
"(5) facilitate the interchange between the United States and 
participating foreign countries, and among participating foreign 
countries, of research scientists and experts who are engaged in 
experiments and programs of research or research training, and 
in carrying out such purpose may pay per diem compensation, 
subsistence, and travel for such scientists and experts when away 
from their places of residence at rates not to exceed those pro-
vided in section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 
(5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed 
intermittently; and 
"(6) procure, in accordance with the provisions of section 15 of 
the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), the 
temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants; in-
dividuals so employed shall receive compensation at a rate to be 
fixed by the Secretary, but not in excess of $50 per diem, including 
travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places 
of business may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Admin-
istrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in 
the Government service employed intermittently. 
"(c) The Surgeon General may not, in the exercise of his authority 
under this section, assist in the construction of buildings for research 
or research training in any foreign country. 
"(d) For the purposes of this section— 
" (1) The term 'health research' shall include, but not be limited 
to, research, investigations, and studies relating to causes and 
methods of prevention of accidents, including but not limited to 
highway and aviation accidents. 
"(2) The term 'participating foreign countries' means those 
foreign countries which cooperate with the United States in car-
rying out the purposes of this section." 
AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY 
SEC. 4. (a) To carry out the purposes of clause (1) of section 2 of 
this Act, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (here-
after referred to as the "Secretary") may in the exercise of his respon-
sibilities under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C, ch. 4) 
es stat. 652. 
and the Act entitled "An Act to establish in the Department of Com-
merce and Labor a bureau to be known as the Children's Bureau", 
approved April 9, 1912, as amended (42 U.S.C, ch. 6), and any other 
provision of law, to conduct and support health research and research 
training, including research and research training relating to the 
rehabilitation of the handicapped, make such use of health research 
Definitions, 
37 Stat. 79. 
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and research training resources in participating foreign countries as 
he may deem necessary and desirable. 
(b) To carry out his responsibilities under this section the Secre-
tary may— 
(1) establish and maintain fellowships in the United States 
and in participating foreign countries; 
(2) make grants to public institutions or agencies and to non-
profit private institutions or agencies in the United States and 
m participating foreign countries for the purpose of establishing 
and maintaining fellowships; 
(3) make grants or loans of equipment, medical, biological, 
physical, or chemical substances or other materials, for use by 
public institutions or agencies, or nonprofit private institutions 
or agencies, or by individuals, in participating foreign countries; 
(4) participate and otherwise cooperate in any international 
health or medical research or research training meetings, con-
ferences, or other activities; 
(5) facilitate the interchange between the United States and 
participating foreign countries, and among participating foreign 
countries, of research scientists and experts who are engaged in 
experiments and programs of research or research training, and 
in carrying out such purpose may pay per diem compensation, 
subsistence, and travel for such scientists and experts when away 
from their places of residence at rates not to exceed those provided 
69 Stat. 394. 
iu section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 
73b-2) for persons in the Government service intermittently em-
ployed; and 
(6) procure, in accordance with the provisions of section 15 of 
60 Stat. 810. 
the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), the 
temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants; 
individuals so employed shall receive compensation at a rate to 
be fixed by the Secretary, but not in excess of $50 per diem, in-
cluding travel time, and while away from their homes or regular 
places of business may be allowed travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Ad-
ministrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons 
in the Government service employed intermittently. 
(c) For the purposes of this section— 
Definitions. 
(1) The term "health research" shall include, but not be limited 
to, research, investigations, and studies relating to causes and 
methods of prevention of accidents, including but not limited 
to highway and aviation accidents. 
(2) The term "participating foreign countries" means those 
foreign countries which cooperate with the United States in 
carrying out the purposes of this section. 
AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT 
SEC. 5. (a) It is the sense of Congress that the President should 
use his authority under the Constitution and laws of the United States 
to accomplish the purposes of section 2 of this joint resolution and 
in accomplishing such purposes (1) use to the fullest extent prac-
ticable foreign currencies or credits available for utilization by the 
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United States, (2) enter into agreements to use foreign currencies 
and credits available to other nations for use with the agreement of 
the United States, and (3) use any other foreign currencies and 
credits which may be made available by participating 
foreign 
countries. 
(b) To carry out the purposes of section 2 of this joint resolution 
the President, in cooperation with participating foreign countries, 
is authorized to encourage, support, and promote the planning and 
conduct of, and training for, research investigations, experiments, 
and studies in the United States and in participating foreign coun-
tries relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and pre-
vention of diseases and impairments of mankind (including nutri-
tional and other health deficiencies) or to the rehabilitation of the 
handicapped. 
(c) To carry out his responsibilities under this joint resolution 
the President may— 
(1) establish and maintain fellowships in participating for-
eign countries; 
(2) make financial grants to establish and maintain fellow-
ships, and for other purposes, to public institutions and agencies 
and to nonprofit private institutions and agencies, and to indi-
viduals in participating foreign countries, or contract with such 
institutions, agencies, or individuals without regard to sections 
3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States; 
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(3) make grants or loans of equipment, medical, biological, 
physical, or chemical substances or other materials, for use by 
such institutions, agencies, or individuals; 
(4) furnish technical assistance and advice to such institutions 
or agencies and in carrying out such purposes may pay the com-
pensation and expenses of scientists and experts from the United 
States and other participating foreign countries; 
(5) facilitate the interchange among participating foreign 
countries of scientists and experts (including the payment of 
travel and subsistence for such scientists and experts when away 
from their places of residence); 
(6) cooperate and assist in the planning and conduct of re-
search, research planning, and research training programs and 
projects by groups engaged in, or concerned with, research or 
research training endeavors in the health sciences, and, through 
financial grants or other appropriate means, assist in special 
research, research planning, or research training projects con-
ducted by or under the auspices of such groups where they can 
effectively carry out such activities contemplated by this joint 
resolution; 
(7) encourage and support international communication in 
the sciences relating to health by means of calling or cooperating 
in the convening, and financing or contributing to the financing 
of the expenses of, international scientific meetings and confer-
ences; and provide, or arrange for the provision of, translating 
and other services, and issue or finance publications, leading to 
a more effective dissemination of relevant scientific information 
with respect to research conducted in the United States or par-
ticipating foreign countries. 
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Restriction. 
60 Stat. 810. 
69 Stat. 394. 
Delegation of au-
thority. 
Use of foreign 
cvirrencies. 
66 Stat. 662. 
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68 Stat. 455. 
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1709. 
68 Stat. 832; 69 
Stat. 285. 
22 use 1852. 
Report to Con-
gress. 
Definitions. 
(d) The activities authorized in this section shall not extend to the 
support of public health, medical care, or other programs of an 
operational nature as contrasted with research and research training 
nor shall any of the grants authorized by this section include grants 
for the improvement or extension of public health administration 
in other countries except for necessary research and research training 
in the science of public health and public health administration. 
(e) The President is authorized, to the extent he deems it necessary 
to carry out the purposes of sectipn 2 of this joint resolution, to em-
ploy experts and consultants or organizations thereof, as authorized 
by section 15 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 
55a), and create a committee or committees to be composed entirely 
of persons who are citizens of the United States to advise him in the 
administration of this joint resolution; individuals so employed and 
members of committees shall be entitled to receive compensation at a 
rate to be fixed by the President, but not to exceed $50 per diem, in-
cluding travel time, and while away from their homes or regular 
places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Admin-
istrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the 
Government service employed intermittently. 
(f) The President may delegate any authority vested in him by this 
section to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. 
The 
Secretary may from time to time issue such regulations as may be 
necessary to carry out any authority which is delegated to him under 
this section, and may delegate performance of any such authority to the 
Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, the Director of the 
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Chief of the Children's Bureau, 
or other subordinates acting under his direction. 
(g) In order to carry out the purposes of section 2 of this joint 
resolution, and subject to section 1415 of the Supplemental Appropria-
tion Act, 1953, the President may use or enter into agreements with 
foreign nations or organizations of nations to use the foreign curren-
cies which accrue under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development 
and Assistance Act of 1954, and the Mutual' Security Act of 1954, or 
which are otherwise available for utilization by the United States. 
The President is authorized to agree to the utilization by foreign 
nations, for programs designed to carry out the purposes of section 2 
of this joint resolution in cooperation with the United States, of 
amounts deposited in special accounts pursuant to section 142(b) of 
the Mutual Security Act of 1954, to the extent that the amounts in such 
accounts exceed the requirements of other programs covered by such 
section 142 (b). Such utilization of amounts in special accounts shall 
be without regard to the second proviso in clause (iii) of such section 
142(b). 
(h) The President shall transmit to the Congress at the beginning 
of each regular session, a report summarizing activities under this 
section and making such recommendations as he may deem appro-
priate. 
(i) For the purposes of this section— 
(1) the term "health research" shall include, but not be lim-
ited to, research, investigations, and studies relating to causes 
and methods of prevention of accidents, including but not limited 
to highway and aviation accidents. 
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(2) the term "participating foreign countries" means those 
foreign countries which cooperate with the United States in car-
rying out the purposes of this section. 
OTHER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 6. Nothing in this joint resolution shall be construed to repeal 
or restrict authority vested in the President, the Secretary of State, 
the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Surgeon Gen-
eral of the Public Health Service, or any other officer or agency of 
the United States by any other provision of law. 
Approved July 12, 1960. 
Public Law 86-611 
AN ACT 
July 12, 1960 
To provide for the conveyance of certain lands which are a part of the Des 
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Plaines Public Hunting and Refuge Area and the Joliet Arsenal Military 
Reservation, located in Will County, Illinois, to the State of Illinois. 
Des Plaines Pub-
lic H u n t i n g and 
Land c o nv e y-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United /States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) subject 
to the provisions of subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, and Refuge Arearm 
section 3, the Administrator of General Services is authorized and 
directed to convey, by quitclaim deed, to the State of Illinois, for 
wildlife conservation or recreational purposes, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the following described lands, 
together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situated in 
Will County, Illinois: 
All that part of fractional sections 29, 32 and 33, township 34 north, 
range 9, east of the third principal meridian, in Will County, Illinois, 
described as follows: Beginning at a point of intersection of the west 
line of Route 66 (Federal Aid Route 77), as monumented and fenced 
and a line 1,000 feet south of and parallel to the north line of said sec-
tion 33 (said point of intersection is 167.4 feet west of the east line of 
said section 33); thence south 885 feet; thence south 4 degrees 1 minute 
10 seconds west 2,961.68 feet; thence south 00 degrees 15 minutes 20 
seconds west 416.81 feet; thence south 1 degree 2 minutes 40 seconds 
west 33.42 feet to the south line of said section 33, all of the above 
dimensions taken on the westerly line of said Route 66 as monumented 
and fenced (said last point is 352.7 feet west of the southeast corner 
of said section 33); thence west along the south line of said section 33 
and fractional section 32,10,082.43 feet to the southwest corner of said 
fractional section 32; thence northerly along the west line of said frac-
tional section 32, 4,486 feet more or less to the southeasterly edge of 
the Des Plaines River; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly 
edge of said river to a point on a line described as follows: (Beginning 
at a point of intersection of the west line of Route 66 and a line 1,000 
feet south of the north line of said section 33; thence westerly along a 
line 1,000 feet south of and parallel to the north line of said section 
33 and fractional section 32, 5,300 feet; thence northwesterly along a 
line forming an angle of 115 degrees with said parallel line from east 
around north to northwest 4,800 feet more or less, to the southeasterly 
edge of the Des Plaines River); thence southeasterly along the previ-
ously described line 4,800 feet to a point on a line 1,000 feet south of 
and parallel to the north line of said section 33 and fractional section 
32, said point being 5,300 feet west of the west line of said Route 66; 
thence easterly along a line 1,000 feet south of and parallel to the north 
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