[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2849 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2849

 To provide for a program to be conducted by the Secretary of Defense 
                       relating to Lyme disease.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 3, 1993

   Mr. Smith  of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for a program to be conducted by the Secretary of Defense 
                       relating to Lyme disease.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LYME DISEASE PROGRAM.

    (a) Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program 
relating to Lyme disease. The program shall be carried out through the 
Environmental Hygiene Agency of the Department of the Army. The 
Secretary shall provide that information relating to prevention, 
detection, or treatment of Lyme disease that is developed under the 
program and that may be applicable to the general public shall be 
disseminated to appropriate public health authorities.
    (b) Funding.--From funds available to the Army for fiscal year 1994 
for research, development, test, and evaluation, the sum of $1,000,000 
shall be available for the program under subsection (a), of which 
$500,000 shall be for one-time startup costs for equipment, facilities, 
and software development and $500,000 shall be for fiscal year 1994 
labor and operating expenses.

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