§ 2102. — Authority of Secretary.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2102]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 30--INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Sec. 2102. Authority of Secretary
(a) Use of health research and research training resources
To carry out the purposes of clause (1) of section 2101 of this
title, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereafter
referred to as the ``Secretary'') may in the exercise of his
responsibilities under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, sections 191
to 194 of title 42, 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 and research training resources in
participating foreign countries as he may deem necessary and desirable.
(b) Fellowships; equipment, meetings and conferences; interchange of
scientists and experts; consultants; compensation and travel
expenses
To carry out his responsibilities under this section the Secretary
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 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,
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 provided
in section 5703 of title 5 for persons in the Government service
intermittently employed; and
(6) procure, in accordance with the provisions of section 3109
of title 5, 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, 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 5703 of
title 5 for persons in the Government service employed
intermittently.
(c) Definitions
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 carrying
out the purposes of this section.
(Pub. L. 86-610, Sec. 4, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 365.)
References in Text
The Vocational Rehabilitation Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is
act June 2, 1920, ch. 219, 41 Stat. 735, as amended, which was
classified generally to chapter 4 (Sec. 31 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor,
and was repealed by Sec. 500(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Pub.
L. 93-112, title V, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 355. The Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 is classified generally to chapter 16 (Sec. 701 et seq.) of
Title 29. Section 500(a), classified to section 790 of Title 29, in part
provided that references to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act in any
other provision of law be deemed reference to the Rehabilitation Act of
1973.
Codification
In subsec. (b)(5), (6), ``section 5703 of title 5'' and ``section
3109 of title 5'' substituted for ``section 5 of the Administrative
Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2)'' and ``section 15 of the
Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a)'' respectively, on
authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the
first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions and offices relating to the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 [see References in Text note above] of Secretary and
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to Secretary and Department
of Education and redesignation of Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare as Secretary of Health and Human Services, see sections 3441 and
3508 of Title 20, Education.
