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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 8, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. LEE of California:H.R. 321.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I of the United States Constitutionand its subsequent amendments, and further clarified andinterpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.[Page H287]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the National Institutes of Health to establish, administer, and coordinate a national consortium on neuromyelitis optica (NMO), which is a neurological disease that can cause blindness and paralysis. </p> <p>The consortium must</p> <ul> <li> award grants for research on the causes of, and the risk factors and biomarkers associated with, NMO;</li> <li> assemble a panel of experts to provide guidance and recommendations on research design and protocols; and</li> <li> designate a central laboratory to collect and analyze data from this research and to make the data and analysis available to researchers.</li> </ul>]]></text>
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