The President will be required to ask the National Academies (National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the Institute of Medicine (IOM), and the National Research Council (NRC)) to conduct a one year study of existing accreditations and report after one year.

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The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Instituteof Medicine, and National Research Council make up the National Academies.

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He was elected to both the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies in 2009.

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