NATIONAL BIOMEDICAL HEART, LUNG, BLOOD, BLOOD

VESSEL, AND RESEARCH TRAINING ACT OF 1975

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 988

TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO REVISE
AND EXTEND PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL HEART AND
LUNG INSTITUTE AND NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
AWARDS

MARCH 17, 1975

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1975

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
PAUL LAXALT, Nevada

DONALD ELISBURG, General Counsel
MARJORIE M. WHITTAKER, Chief Clerk
JAY B. CUTLER, Minority Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts, Chairman

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin

THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota
WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Ohio
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont

LEROY G. GOLDMAN, Professional Staff Member
JAY B. CUTLER, Minority Counsel

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Cooper, Theodore, M.D., Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Health,

Education and Welfare, accompanied by Frank E. Samuel, Jr., Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Legislation (Health), DHEW; Ronald W.

Lamont-Havers, M.D., Acting Director, National Institutes of Health,

DHEW; Robert L. Ringler, M.D., Acting Director, National Heart and

Lung Institutes of Health, DHEW; James D. Isbister, Acting Admini-

strator, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration DHEW

Green, Gareth M., president, American Thoracic Society, accompanied by

Elliott Rapaport, M.D., president, American Heart Association and

James C. Hunt, M.D., president, National Kidney Foundation.......

Sherman, John F., Ph. D., vice president, Association of American Medical

Colleges, accompanied by Thomas E. Morgan, M.D., director, division of

biomedical research___

Fisch, Charles, M.D., president, American College of Cardiology; accom-

panied by Arthur C. Beall, Jr., M.D., president, American College of Chest

Physicians, and Joseph C. Ross, M.D., chairman, Committee on Govern-

ment Liaison___.

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STATEMENTS

American Heart Association, Elliott Rapaport, M.D., president, prepared

statement

95

American Nurses' Association, prepared statement--

American Thoracic Society-American Lung Association, prepared state-

ment

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87

Association of American Medical Colleges, prepared statement (with en-

closure)

Cooper, Theodore, M.D., Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Health,

Education and Welfare, accompanied by Frank E. Samuel, Jr., Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Legislation (Health), DHEW; Ronald W.

Lamont-Havers, M.D., Acting Director, National Institutes of Health,

DHEW; Robert L. Ringler, M.D., Acting Director, National Heart and

Lung Institute, National Institutes of Health, DHEW; James D.

Isbister, Acting Administrator, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health

Administration DHEW_

Prepared statement..

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, prepared statement---.

Fisch, Charles, M.D., president, American College of Cardiology; accom-
panied by Arthur C. Beall, Jr., M.D., president, American College of Chest
Physicians, and Joseph C. Ross, M.D., chairman, Committee on Govern-
ment Liaison_.

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Green, Gareth M., president, American Thoracic Society, accompanied by

Elliott Rapaport, M.D., president, American Heart Association and

James C. Hunt, M.D., president, National Kidney Foundation..

Prepared statement---

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87

National Kidney Foundation, James C. Hunt, M.D., president, prepared

statement

109

Sherman, John F., Ph. D., vice president, Association of American Medical

Colleges, accompanied by Thomas E. Morgan, M.D., director, division

of biomedical research_.

116

Prepared statement_

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