NATIONAL HEART, BLOOD VESSEL, LUNG,

AND BLOOD ACT OF 1972

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 3323

TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO ENLARGE
THE AUTHORITY OF THE NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTI-
TUTE IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE NATIONAL ATTACK
AGAINST DISEASES OF THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS, THE
LUNGS, AND BLOOD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
AND RELATED BILLS

MARCH 24, 1972

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

76-613 O

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1972

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
HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa
ADLAI E. STEVENSON III, Illinois

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon
ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

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

STEWART E. MCCLURE, Staff Director
ROBERT E. NAGLE, General Counsel
ROY H. MILLENSON, Minority Staff Director
EUGENE MITTELMAN, 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

HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa

CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York

PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland
ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

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

(II)

ennedy, Hon. Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts,

chairman, Health Subcommittee of the Committee on Labor and Public

Welfare

ival, Merlin K., M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Af-

fairs, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; accompanied by

John Zapp, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation (Health);

Robert Q. Marston, M.D., Director, National Institutes of Health; and

Ted Cooper, M.D., Director, Heart and Lung Institute-----

irst, Willis, M.D., president, American Heart Association and professor

of medicine, Emory University; accompanied by Gordon Barrow, M.D.,

chairman of the Committee on Community Program of the American

Heart Association; and Paul Yu, M.D., president-elect, American Heart

Association, and professor of medicine, University of Rochester School of

Medicine

Cooper, John A. D., M.D., president of the Association of American Medical

Colleges; accompanied by Joseph Murtaugh, Director, Department of

Planning and Policy Development----

Fox, Dr. Samuel M., III, president, American College of Cardiology,

professor of medicine, George Washington University, accompanied by

William Helligan, executive director, American College of Cardiology--

Olsen, Arthur, M.D., past president, American College of Chest Physicians.

Anderson, Robert J., M.D., managing director, National Tuberculosis and

Respiratory Disease Association___

Barbero, Giulio, M.D., chairman, General Medical and Scientific Advisory

Council, National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation-----

Goddard, Dr. Roy F., director of pediatric research, Lovelace Foundation

for Medical Education and Research...---.

STATEMENTS

Anderson, Robert J., M.D., managing director, National Tuberculosis and

Respiratory Disease Association___

Barbero, Giulio, M.D., chairman, General Medical and Scientific Advisory

Council, National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation___

Prepared statement--

Cooper, John A. D., M.D., president of the Association of American Medical

Colleges, accompanied by Joseph Murtaugh, Director, Department of

Planning and Policy Development_

Duval, Merlin K., M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Af-

fairs, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; accompanied by

John Zapp, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation (Health);

Robert Q. Marston, M.D., Director, National Institutes of Health; and

Ted Cooper, M.D., Director, Heart and Lung Institute_

Prepared statement---