National Research Act
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The National Research Act is an American law enacted by the 93rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Richard Nixon on July 12, 1974. The law was passed following a series of congressional hearings on human-subjects research, directed by Senator Edward Kennedy.[1]
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Other short titles | National Research Service Award Act of 1974 |
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Long title | An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of National Research Service Awards to assure the continued excellence of biomedical and behavioral research and to provide for the protection of human subjects involved in biomedical and behavioral research and for other purposes. |
Nicknames | National Biomedical Research Fellowship, Traineeship, and Training Act |
Enacted by | the 93rd United States Congress |
Effective | July 12, 1974 |
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Public law | 93-348 |
Statutes at Large | 88 Stat. 342 |
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Titles amended | 42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare |
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The National Research Act created the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research to develop guidelines for human subject research and to oversee and regulate the use of human experimentation in medicine. The National Research Act gained traction as a response to the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study.[2]