42 U.S.C. § 274a

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)

Section 274a - Scientific registry

The Secretary shall, by grant or contract, develop and maintain a scientific registry of the recipients of organ transplants. The registry shall include such information respecting patients and transplant procedures as the Secretary deems necessary to an ongoing evaluation of the scientific and clinical status of organ transplantation. The Secretary shall prepare for inclusion in the report under section 274d of this title an analysis of information derived from the registry.

42 U.S.C. § 274a

July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, §373, as added Pub. L. 98-507, title II, §201, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2345; amended Pub. L. 100-607, title IV, §404, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3116; Pub. L. 101-616, title I, §101(b), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3282.

EDITORIAL NOTES

PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 373 of act July 1, 1944, added by act Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 907, §1, 70 Stat. 960, which related to a Board of Regents of National Library of Medicine, was renumbered section 383 and classified to section 277 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99-158, §3(b), Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 879.

AMENDMENTS1990- Pub. L. 101-616 struck out "and bone marrow registry" after "Scientific registry" in section catchline and struck out subsec. (a) designation and subsec. (b) which directed establishment of bone marrow registry and authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1989 and 1990 for such purpose. 1988- Pub. L. 100-607 inserted "and bone marrow registry" in section catchline, designated existing text as subsec. (a), and added subsec. (b).

Secretary

the term "Secretary" means- (A) the Secretary of Education for purposes of subtitle A (other than section 3201),(B) the Secretary of Agriculture for purposes of the amendments made by section 3201, and(C) the Secretary of Health and Human Services for purposes of subtitle B,