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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "42 U.S.C. § 285l–1"
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description: "Applied Toxicological Research and Testing Program"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 42
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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chapter_number: "6A"
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chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
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section: "285l–1"
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citation: "42 U.S.C. § 285l–1"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 285l–1 - Applied Toxicological Research and Testing Program
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## Text
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(a) There is established within the Institute a program for conducting applied research and testing regarding toxicology, which program shall be known as the Applied Toxicological Research and Testing Program.
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(b) In carrying out the program established under subsection (a), the Director of the Institute shall, with respect to toxicology, carry out activities—
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(1) to expand knowledge of the health effects of environmental agents;
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(2) to broaden the spectrum of toxicology information that is obtained on selected chemicals;
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(3) to develop and validate assays and protocols, including alternative methods that can reduce or eliminate the use of animals in acute or chronic safety testing;
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(4) to establish criteria for the validation and regulatory acceptance of alternative testing and to recommend a process through which scientifically validated alternative methods can be accepted for regulatory use;
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(5) to communicate the results of research to government agencies, to medical, scientific, and regulatory communities, and to the public; and
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(6) to integrate related activities of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 463A, as added Pub. L. 103–43, title XIII, § 1301(a), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 169.)
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