| Shorttitle: | National Research Act |
| Othershorttitles: | National Research Service Award Act of 1974 |
| Longtitle: | 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. |
| Nickname: | National Biomedical Research Fellowship, Traineeship, and Training Act |
| Enacted By: | 93rd |
| Effective Date: | July 12, 1974 |
| Public Law Url: | http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-88/pdf/STATUTE-88-Pg342.pdf |
| Cite Public Law: | 93-348 |
| Title Amended: | 42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare |
| Leghisturl: | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d093:HR07724:@@@R |
| Introducedin: | House |
| Introducedby: | Paul G. Rogers (D–FL) |
| Introduceddate: | May 10, 1973 |
| Committees: | House Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Senate Labor and Public Welfare |
| Passedbody1: | House |
| Passeddate1: | May 31, 1973 |
| Passedvote1: | 354-9 |
| Passedbody2: | Senate |
| Passeddate2: | September 11, 1973 |
| Passedvote2: | 81-6 |
| Conferencedate: | June 24, 1974 |
| Passedbody3: | Senate |
| Passeddate3: | June 27, 1974 |
| Passedvote3: | 72-14 |
| Passedbody4: | House |
| Passeddate4: | June 28, 1974 |
| Passedvote4: | 311-10 |
| Signedpresident: | Richard Nixon |
| Signeddate: | July 12, 1974 |
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]
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]
The National Research Act issued Title 45, Part 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations: Protection of Human Subjects. The National Research Act is overseen by the Office of Human Research Protections. The Act also formalized a regulated IRB process through local institutional review boards, also overseen by the Office of Human Research Protections.[3]