National Research Act
Public Law 93-348 · H.R. 7724 · 93rd Congress · began in the House
Signed by Richard Nixon (R) on Jul 12, 1974 · Health
Sponsor: Rep. Paul Rogers (D-FL-11)
Cosponsors (10): Rep. David Satterfield, Rep. Peter Kyros,
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 311 yea, 10 nay311–10
- SenateRecorded vote: 72 yea, 14 nay72–14
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
National Research Act - =Title I: Biomedical and Behavioral Research Training= - National Research Services Award Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to increase the capability of the National Institutes of Health and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration.
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide National Research Service awards and grants for biomedical and behavioral research and training. States that such awards may not be used to support residencies. Prescribes the procedures for application, review, and approval of such awards. Requires individuals receiving such awards to engage in specified services of health research or teaching for a specified length of time.
Requires the Secretary to conduct studies in enumerated areas of biomedical and behavioral research and training programs, detailing the content of such studies.
Makes conforming amendments to the Public Helath Service Act, including an exception for schools of medicine with discriminatory sex admission practices, where such practices are in the process of being changed under an approved plan.
Increases to $15,000,000 and continues through fiscal year 1974 the authorization of appropriations for financial distress grants.
=Title II: Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research= - Establishes the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, enumerating the duties of such Commission including: (1) to identify the basic ethical principles which should underlie the conduct of biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects, (2) develop guidelines for such research; and (3) make recommendations to the Secretary for administrative action to apply such guidelines, and concerning any other matter pertaining to the protection of human subjects of biomedical and behavioral research.
Requires the Commission to undertake a special, comprehensive study of the ethical, social, and legal implications of advances in biomedical and behavioral research and technology.
Establishes, under the Public Health Service Act, a National Advisory Council for the Protection of Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, enumerating the duties of such Council.
Requires grantees and contractees under the Public Health Service Act to establish institutional review boards to review research involving human subjects.
Prohibits discrimination against individuals or institutions for engaging or not engaging in any lawful health service or research activity because of religious beliefs or moral convictions.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 93rd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 311 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
311 yea10 nay113 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(174)
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1- Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-7
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-8- Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-9
- Rep. Elizabeth HoltzmanD-NY-16
- Rep. Bella AbzugD-NY-20
- Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-30
- Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-5
- Rep. Herman BadilloD-NY-21
- Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
- Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
- Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
- Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
- Rep. John BurtonD-CA-6
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19- Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
- Rep. Jerome WaldieD-CA-14
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16- Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
- Rep. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
- Rep. Leo RyanD-CA-11
- Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-35
- Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
- Rep. Barbara JordanD-TX-18
- Rep. George BrownD-CA-38
- Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
- Rep. Frank ThompsonD-NJ-4
- Rep. Robert NixD-PA-2
- Rep. Floyd HicksD-WA-6
- Rep. Charles DiggsD-MI-13
- Rep. James O’HaraD-MI-12
- Rep. Charles CarneyD-OH-19
- Rep. Lucien NedziD-MI-14
- Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
- Rep. William BarrettD-PA-1
- Rep. John DentD-PA-21
- Rep. Henry HelstoskiD-NJ-9
- Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
- Rep. James CormanD-CA-22
- Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-29
- Rep. Donald FraserD-MN-5
- Rep. Robert LeggettD-CA-4
- Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
- Rep. Richard Vander VeenD-MI-5
- Rep. Robert DrinanD-MA-4
- Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
- Rep. Tip O’NeillD-MA-8
- Rep. Wayne HaysD-OH-18
- Rep. Brock AdamsD-WA-7
- Rep. James BurkeD-MA-11
- Rep. Joshua EilbergD-PA-4
- Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
- Rep. Paul SarbanesD-MD-3
- Rep. Edward KochD-NY-18
- Rep. Spark MatsunagaD-HI-1
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7- Rep. Thomas ReesD-CA-26
- Rep. William BurlisonD-MO-10
- Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
- Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
- Rep. Frank DenholmD-SD-1
- Rep. Kenneth GrayD-IL-24
- Rep. John MelcherD-MT-2
- Rep. John BlatnikD-MN-8
- Rep. William GreenD-PA-3
- Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-1
- Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
- Rep. Richard HannaD-CA-34
- Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
- Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
- Rep. John PatmanD-TX-1
- Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-2
- Rep. Ray MaddenD-IN-1
- Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
- Rep. John McFallD-CA-15
- Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
- Rep. Edward MezvinskyD-IA-1
- Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
- Rep. Peter KyrosD-ME-1
- Rep. Charles VanikD-OH-22
- Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
- Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
- Rep. John MurphyD-NY-17
- Rep. Leonor SullivanD-MO-3
- Rep. Robert BerglandD-MN-7
- Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
- Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
- Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
- Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
- Rep. Thomas MorganD-PA-22
- Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
- Rep. Kenneth HechlerD-WV-4
- Rep. Morgan MurphyD-IL-2
- Rep. Harold DonohueD-MA-3
- Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
- Rep. Frederick RooneyD-PA-15
- Rep. Robert JonesD-AL-5
- Rep. Daniel FloodD-PA-11
- Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
- Rep. Edward PattenD-NJ-15
- Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
- Rep. Frank EvansD-CO-3
- Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
- Rep. James SymingtonD-MO-2
- Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
- Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
- Rep. Lester WolffD-NY-6
- Rep. John SlackD-WV-3
- Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
- Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
- Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
- Rep. Thomas AshleyD-OH-9
- Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
- Rep. Wilbur MillsD-AR-2
- Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
- Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12- Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
- Rep. James DelaneyD-NY-9
- Rep. Jerry LittonD-MO-6
- Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-4
- Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
- Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
- Rep. George ShipleyD-IL-22
- Rep. John RoushD-IN-4
- Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
- Rep. Albert UllmanD-OR-2
- Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
- Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
- Rep. John BreckinridgeD-KY-6
- Rep. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
- Rep. William RandallD-MO-4
- Rep. Otis PikeD-NY-1
- Rep. Frank StubblefieldD-KY-1
- Rep. Thaddeus DulskiD-NY-37
- Rep. Robert StephensD-GA-10
- Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
- Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
- Rep. Olin TeagueD-TX-6
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
- Rep. James StantonD-OH-20
- Rep. Robert CaseyD-TX-22
- Rep. David HendersonD-NC-3
- Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
- Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
- Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
- Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
- Rep. Thomas GettysD-SC-5
- Rep. Richard IchordD-MO-8
- Rep. George MahonD-TX-19
- Rep. Harold RunnelsD-NM-2
- Rep. William ChappellD-FL-4
- Rep. Otto PassmanD-LA-5
- Rep. Roy TaylorD-NC-11
- Rep. William PoageD-TX-11
- Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
- Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
- Rep. Edith GreenD-OR-3
- Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
- Rep. Paul RogersD-FL-11
- Rep. Marvin MathisD-GA-2
- Rep. Felix HébertD-LA-1
- Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
- Rep. James MannD-SC-4
- Rep. Joseph WaggonnerD-LA-4
- Rep. James HaleyD-FL-8
- Rep. Goodloe ByronD-MD-6
- Rep. John FlyntD-GA-6
- Rep. Ovie FisherD-TX-21
- Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
- Rep. Omar BurlesonD-TX-17
- Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
- Rep. John JarmanD-OK-5
- Rep. David SatterfieldD-VA-3
Republicans who voted yea(137)
- Rep. Donald RiegleR-MI-7
- Rep. Charles WhalenR-OH-3
- Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
- Rep. Gilbert GudeR-MD-8
- Rep. Robert SteeleR-CT-2
- Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
- Rep. Edward BiesterR-PA-8
- Rep. Paul CroninR-MA-5
- Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
- Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
- Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-17
- Rep. John StantonR-OH-11
- Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
- Rep. Ronald SarasinR-CT-5
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
- Rep. Charles MosherR-OH-13
- Rep. William WidnallR-NJ-7
- Rep. William CohenR-ME-2
- Rep. William WalshR-NY-33
- Rep. Wendell WyattR-OR-1
- Rep. Bob MathiasR-CA-18
- Rep. Tim CarterR-KY-5
- Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
- Rep. Charles SandmanR-NJ-2
- Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
- Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
- Rep. Henry HeinzR-PA-18
- Rep. Donald ClausenR-CA-1
- Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
- Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
- Rep. Donald BrotzmanR-CO-2
- Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
- Rep. Charles ThoneR-NE-1
- Rep. Pierre du PontR-DE
- Rep. Joseph MarazitiR-NJ-13
- Rep. William HarshaR-OH-6
Rep. Don YoungR-AK- Rep. James AbdnorR-SD-2
- Rep. William WamplerR-VA-9
- Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
- Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
- Rep. Orval HansenR-ID-2
- Rep. Jerry PettisR-CA-33
- Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
- Rep. John ZwachR-MN-6
- Rep. Joe SkubitzR-KS-5
- Rep. Lawrence HoganR-MD-5
- Rep. James ClevelandR-NH-2
- Rep. Herbert BurkeR-FL-12
- Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
- Rep. James BroyhillR-NC-10
- Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-40
- Rep. Albert JohnsonR-PA-23
- Rep. Alan SteelmanR-TX-5
- Rep. Philip RuppeR-MI-11
- Rep. Louis FreyR-FL-9
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5- Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
- Rep. Samuel YoungR-IL-10
- Rep. Joel BroyhillR-VA-10
- Rep. David TowellR-NV
- Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-6
- Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
- Rep. Vinegar Bend MizellR-NC-5
- Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
- Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
- Rep. Victor VeyseyR-CA-43
- Rep. Elford CederbergR-MI-10
- Rep. John HuntR-NJ-1
- Rep. Robert BaumanR-MD-1
- Rep. William BrayR-IN-6
- Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
- Rep. John DellenbackR-OR-4
- Rep. Robert PriceR-TX-13
- Rep. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
- Rep. Clarence BrownR-OH-7
- Rep. Henry SmithR-NY-36
- Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
- Rep. Roger ZionR-IN-8
- Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
- Rep. Richard MallaryR-VT
- Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
- Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
- Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
- Rep. Manley ButlerR-VA-6
- Rep. William ScherleR-IA-5
- Rep. Alphonzo BellR-CA-28
- Rep. Andrew HinshawR-CA-39
- Rep. Robert DanielR-VA-4
- Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
- Rep. Harold FroehlichR-WI-8
- Rep. Clair BurgenerR-CA-42
- Rep. Earl RuthR-NC-8
- Rep. Garry BrownR-MI-3
- Rep. Robert McEwenR-NY-30
- Rep. Wiley MayneR-IA-6
- Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
- Rep. William HudnutR-IN-11
- Rep. Edward YoungR-SC-6
- Rep. Jack KempR-NY-38
- Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
- Rep. John WydlerR-NY-5
- Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
- Rep. William SteigerR-WI-6
- Rep. Leslie ArendsR-IL-15
- Rep. LaMar BakerR-TN-3
- Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
- Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-20
- Rep. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-27
- Rep. Gene TaylorR-MO-7
- Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
- Rep. Skip BafalisR-FL-10
- Rep. Robin BeardR-TN-6
- Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-13
- Rep. John CampR-OK-6
- Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-6- Rep. William KetchumR-CA-36
- Rep. David TreenR-LA-3
- Rep. Edward HutchinsonR-MI-4
- Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
- Rep. Herman SchneebeliR-PA-17
- Rep. Charles WigginsR-CA-25
- Rep. Benjamin BlackburnR-GA-4
- Rep. Craig HosmerR-CA-32
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. Robert HuberR-MI-18
- Rep. Glenn DavisR-WI-9
- Rep. Delwin ClawsonR-CA-23
- Rep. David DennisR-IN-10
- Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
- Rep. Samuel DevineR-OH-12
- Rep. John AshbrookR-OH-17
- Rep. James CollinsR-TX-3
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 788 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 20 actions.
- Jul 12, 1974Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 93-348.
- Jul 3, 1974PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Jun 28, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report, roll call #353 (311-10).House roll call 353
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report, roll call #353 (311-10).House roll call 353
- Jun 27, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report, roll call #283 (72-14).Senate roll call 283
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report, roll call #283 (72-14).Senate roll call 283
- Jun 25, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-1148.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-1148.
- Jun 24, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in Senate, S. Rept. 93-960.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in Senate, S. Rept. 93-960.
- Mar 28, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
- Sep 11, 1973Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
- FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #391 (81-6).Senate roll call 391
- Aug 3, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Jun 1, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- May 31, 1973FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, roll call #171 (361-5).House roll call 171
- May 23, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Energy and Commerce Committee
- May 10, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Energy and Commerce Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.