Legislative handbook
Subtitle: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Publisher: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Bethesda, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Subjects: Medical laws and legislation; Bill drafting; Handbooks, manuals; Legislation; Legal composition
Description: "This handbook is a description and record of the dynamic partnership between Congress and the Institute, to further the progress toward overcoming heart, lung, and blood diseases. Legislation plays a key role in authorizing broad programs in areas of public need, and in providing fiscal resources; the Institute translates Congressional mandates into reality. Legislative Handbook : The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute is intended to provide a historical record of the past, a practical manual for the present, and a reference for legislative proposals in the future."--page 3.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: How a bill becomes a law; title: Highlights of authorization legislation for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; title: Section-by-section comparison of authorization legislation for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; title: Appendix.