US Code

Public Law 119-102 (07/12/2026)

42 U.S.C. § 300b–13

Interagency Coordinating Committee on Newborn and Child Screening

Section text and notes

(a)

Purpose

It is the purpose of this section to—
(1)
section 247b–4 of this titlesection 300b–10 of this title assess existing activities and infrastructure, including activities on birth defects and developmental disabilities authorized under , in order to make recommendations for programs to collect, analyze, and make available data on the heritable disorders recommended by the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children under , including data on the incidence and prevalence of, as well as poor health outcomes resulting from, such disorders; and
(2)
make recommendations for the establishment of regional centers for the conduct of applied epidemiological research on effective interventions to promote the prevention of poor health outcomes resulting from such disorders as well as providing information and education to the public on such effective interventions.
(b)

Establishment

The Secretary shall establish an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Newborn and Child Screening (referred to in this section as the “Interagency Coordinating Committee”) to carry out the purpose of this section.

(c)

Composition

The Interagency Coordinating Committee shall be composed of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and the Director of the National Institutes of Health, or their designees.

(d)

Activities

The Interagency Coordinating Committee shall—
(1)
report to the Secretary and the appropriate committees of Congress on its recommendations related to the purpose described in subsection (a); and
(2)
carry out other activities determined appropriate by the Secretary.

July 1, 1944, ch. 373 Pub. L. 110–204, § 6122 Stat. 710 Pub. L. 110–237, § 1(a)(6)122 Stat. 1557 Pub. L. 113–240, § 7128 Stat. 2855 (, title XI, § 1114, as added , , ; amended , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 113–240, § 7(1)2014—Subsec. (c). , substituted “the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs,” for “the Administrator, the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,”.

Pub. L. 113–240, § 7(2)Subsec. (e). , struck out subsec. (e). Text read as follows: “For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $1,012,500 for fiscal year 2010, $1,025,000 for fiscal year 2011, $1,037,500 for fiscal year 2012, and $1,050,000 for fiscal year 2013.”

Pub. L. 110–2372008—Subsec. (e). substituted “2009, $1,012,500 for fiscal year 2010, $1,025,000 for fiscal year 2011, $1,037,500 for fiscal year 2012, and $1,050,000 for fiscal year 2013.” for “2008, $1,012,500 for fiscal year 2009, $1,025,000 for fiscal year 2010, $1,037,500 for fiscal year 2011, and $1,050,000 for fiscal year 2012.”