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powers to conduct and support research into the diseases and dis- 

 abilities of man, authorized projects and fellowships, and made 

 the National Cancer Institute a division of NIH. The act also em- 

 powered the Surgeon General to treat at Public Health Service 

 medical facilities, for purposes of study, persons not otherwise el- 

 igible for such treatment. (Public Law 78-410; 58 Stat. L. 682) 

 Under this provision, the Clinical Center was later established. 



September 21, 1944: Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 

 consolidated the department's functions with respect to eradica- 

 tion and control of animal and the plant pests and diseases, fire 

 control, national forest management, soil conservation, and oper- 

 ation of the Farm Credit Administration and the Rural Electrifi- 

 cation Administration. (Public Law 425-58 Stat. 734) 



April 25, 1945: Supplemental appropriation passed by Congress au- 

 thorized expanded research on guided missiles at NACA Langely 

 Laboratory, including establishment of a rocket launch facility at 

 Wallops Island, Va. (Public Law 40; 59 Stat. 82) 



June 6, 1945: The Bankhead-Flannagan Act provided for expansion 

 of county extension work. The act amended an earlier act of 

 June 29, 1935 which provided for research into basic laws and 

 principles relating to agriculture, for the further development of 

 cooperative agricultural extension work and the more complete 

 endowment and support of land-grant colleges. (Public Law 76; 59 

 Stat. 231) 



July 5, 1945: Dr. Vannevar Bush, Director, Office of Scientific Re- 

 search and Development, submitted report, "Science, the Endless 

 Frontier" to President Truman covering all aspects of the study 

 of post-war science which President Roosevelt had requested him 

 to make in November 1944. 



A principal recommendation of the report was for the estab- 

 lishment of a National Research Foundation, responsible to the 

 President and to Congress, "to develop and promote a national 

 policy for scientific research and scientific research and scientific 

 education" and for other purposes. 



July 3, 1946: The National Mental Health Act was designed to im- 

 prove the mental health of U.S. citizens through research into 

 the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders. It 

 authorized the Surgeon General to support research, training, 

 and assistance to State mental health programs. (Public Law 79- 

 487; 60 Stat. L. 421) (The National Institute of Mental Health 

 was established under the authority of this law on April 1, 1949.) 



July 15, 1946: Reorganization Plan No. 2, effective this date, trans- 

 ferred to the Federal Security Agency (the predecessor of HEW), 

 a number of activities relating to education, health, welfare and 

 social insurance. The Social Security Board was abolished and its 

 functions were transferred to the Federal Security Administra- 

 tor. 



August 1. 1946: Atomic Energy Act of 1946 established the Atomic 

 Energy Commission to be the exclusive owner of all facilities for 

 the production of fissionable materials, and of all fissionable ma- 

 terial produced. The Commission was made responsible for re- 

 search and production of atomic energy for military purposes. All 

 patents relating to fissionable materials were to be filed with the 

 Commission. 



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