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The testimony at the Fiscal Year 1964 House Hearings included these points: 
(1) In July 1962 the NIH formed the Division of Research Facilities and 
Resources, which included an Animal Resources Branch to which the Regional 
Primate Research Centers program was transferred from the National Heart 
Institute. (2) Of the seven primate centers in the program, one was a nation- 
al conditioning center and six were regional, "the term 'regional' relating 
to an integrated scientific community without geographical limitation." (3) 
"Though each center has its own program orientation, the six regional centers 
are committed to providing facilities for a broad scope of disciplines using 
primates in research. The seventh center, a national primate conditioning 
center, is committed to investigations on the primate itself, including cap- 
ture and transportation, maintenance under laboratory conditions, and breeding 
and rearing in captivity. This center will also supply scientists in regional 
centers and institutions animals that have unique characteristics and that 
would be unobtainable from any other source." (4) Reports were presented on 
the status of each individual center .12.' 
In the Fiscal Year 1965 House Hearings, the Regional Primate Research Centers 
program was said to have had a slow but "well-grounded" start. This was re- 
iterated at the Senate Fiscal Year 1965 Hearings, and the "slowness" was 
attributed to the fact that "highly specialized institutions" (centers) had 
to be developed. The uniqueness of the conditioning center at Davis, Calif or- 
nia^was emphasized, as was the fact that it was associated with a campus 
having a Veterinary College and a developing new medical school. 
During the Fiscal Year 1966 House Hearings, the following points were included 
in the testimony: (1) Of the seven primate centers, four, (Oregon, Madison, 
New Orleans, Seattle) were completed, and all had initiated research programs. 
(2) Because the centers were regional in character, the NIH was doing its best 
"to provide the full direct costs and as much of the indirect costs as are 
permitted under present regulations."-^ Further, "We do not look upon the 
state university as an equal partner with us in the financing of this resource, 
because this resource will meet the needs of many people outside the state--and 
this is the way we wish it."-^ 
Testimony at the Fiscal Year 1967 House Hearings included: (1) Of the "seven 
primate centers, six regional and one national," construction of five had been 
completed and the other two "will be completed before summer. All have their 
research programs under way." (2) A report was made of some results of the 
research in the established centers .-1^ (3) The essential components of a 
13 / See Summary Statctient, pages 1-6. 
14 / Dr. Shannon's testimony, at the moment referring to the Oregon Center. 
15 / Dr. Shannon's testimony, at the moment referring to the Oregon Center. 
16 / These need not be detailed here. The important fact is that here began 
a feedback to the Congress of research results. 
