2015 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade (Sections 1 - 8405)
Chapter 53 - Toxic Substances Control (Sections 2601 - 2697)
Subchapter I - Control of Toxic Substances (Sections 2601 - 2629)
Sec. 2626 - Development and evaluation of test methods
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 53 - TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL SUBCHAPTER I - CONTROL OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES Sec. 2626 - Development and evaluation of test methods |
Contains | section 2626 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 94-469, title I, §27, Oct. 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 2049; Pub. L. 96-88, title V, §509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 99-519, §3(c)(1), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2989; Pub. L. 104-66, title I, §1061(a), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 719. |
Statutes at Large References | 90 Stat. 2049 93 Stat. 695 96 Stat. 1067 100 Stat. 2989 109 Stat. 719 124 Stat. 3854 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 94-469, Public Law 96-88, Public Law 97-258, Public Law 99-519, Public Law 104-66, Public Law 111-350 |
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Administrator and acting through the Assistant Secretary for Health, may conduct, and make grants to public and nonprofit private entities and enter into contracts with public and private entities for, projects for the development and evaluation of inexpensive and efficient methods (1) for determining and evaluating the health and environmental effects of chemical substances and mixtures, and their toxicity, persistence, and other characteristics which affect health and the environment, and (2) which may be used for the development of test data to meet the requirements of rules promulgated under section 2603 of this title. The Administrator shall consider such methods in prescribing under section 2603 of this title standards for the development of test data.
(b) Approval by SecretaryNo grant may be made or contract entered into under subsection (a) unless an application therefor has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary. Such an application shall be submitted in such form and manner and contain such information as the Secretary may require. The Secretary may apply such conditions to grants and contracts under subsection (a) as the Secretary determines are necessary to carry out the purposes of such subsection. Contracts may be entered into under such subsection without regard to section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and section 6101 of title 41.
(Pub. L. 94–469, title I, §27, Oct. 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 2049; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, §509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 99–519, §3(c)(1), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2989; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, §1061(a), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 719.)
CODIFICATIONIn subsec. (b), "section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and section 6101 of title 41" substituted for "sections 3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5)" on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, §4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, which Act enacted Title 31, Money and Finance, and Pub. L. 111–350, §6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.
AMENDMENTS1995—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–66 struck out heading and text of subsec. (c). Text read as follows:
"(1) The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the President and the Congress on or before January 1 of each year a report of the number of grants made and contracts entered into under this section and the results of such grants and contracts.
"(2) The Secretary shall periodically publish in the Federal Register reports describing the progress and results of any contract entered into or grant made under this section."
CHANGE OF NAME"Secretary of Health and Human Services" substituted for "Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare" in subsec. (a), pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
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