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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 8658 (Introduced in House) — To establish a Federal strategy for preventing, diagnosing, and treating nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, commonly refer... · Sec. 7

Sec. 7. Renaming of NIH institute to reflect liver diseases and creation of division of liver diseases

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Effective on January 1, 2021, title IV of the Public Health Service Act is amended by striking National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases each place it appears in section 401(b) ( 42 U.S.C. 281(b) ), in section 409A(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 284a(a) ), in the heading of subpart 3 of part C, in section 426 ( 42 U.S.C. 285c ), and section 430 ( 42 U.S.C. 285c–4 ) and inserting The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive, Kidney, and Liver Diseases . Effective on January 1, 2021, any reference to the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in any law, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a reference to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive, Kidney, and Liver Diseases.
Section 428 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 285c–2 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting a Division Director for Liver Diseases, after and Nutrition, ; and in subparagraph (A), by inserting liver diseases, after and nutrition, ; and in subsection (b)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting the Division Director for Liver Diseases, after and Nutrition, ; and in paragraph (1), by inserting liver diseases, after and nutritional disorders, .
Effective on January 1, 2021, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, shall transfer to the Division Director of Liver Diseases of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive, Kidney, and Liver Diseases, the authorities (including all budget authorities, available appropriations, and personnel), duties, obligations, and related legal and administrative functions prescribed by law or otherwise previously granted to the Liver Disease Research Branch within the Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition of the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
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