Volume 80
Public Law 89–705
To amend title 38, United States Code, to set aside funds for research into spinal cord injuries and diseases.
Approved November 2, 1966
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to set aside funds for research into spinal cord injuries and diseases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 216 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
“(c) For each fiscal year in the period beginning July 1, 1966, and ending June 30, 1972, the Administrator shall set aside not less than $100,000 of funds appropriated for medical research, authorized by section 4101 of this title, for the conduct of research into spinal cord
injuries and diseases, and other disabilities that lead to paralysis of the lower extremities.”
Approved November 2, 1966.