[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 694 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 694

To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand and intensify programs 
   of the National Institutes of Health with respect to research and 
   related activities concerning osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and 
                        related bone disorders.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 1993

  Ms. Snowe introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand and intensify programs 
   of the National Institutes of Health with respect to research and 
   related activities concerning osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and 
                        related bone disorders.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Osteoporosis Amendments of 1993''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM OF RESEARCH ON OSTEOPOROSIS, PAGET'S DISEASE, AND 
              RELATED BONE DISORDERS.

    Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284 
et seq.), as amended by section 121(b) of Public Law 102-321 (106 Stat. 
358), is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``research on osteoporosis, paget's disease, and related bone disorders

    ``Sec. 409A. (a) Establishment.--The Directors of the National 
Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, the 
National Institute on Aging, and the National Institute of Diabetes, 
Digestive and Kidney Diseases, shall expand and intensify the programs 
of such Institutes with respect to research and related activities 
concerning osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and related bone disorders.
    ``(b) Coordination.--The Directors referred to in subsection (a) 
shall jointly coordinate the programs referred to in such subsection 
and consult with the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Interagency 
Coordinating Committee and the Interagency Task Force on Aging 
Research.
    ``(c) Information Clearinghouse.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to assist in carrying out the 
        purpose described in subsection (a), the Director of NIH shall 
        provide for the establishment of an information clearinghouse 
        on osteoporosis and related bone disorders to facilitate and 
        enhance knowledge and understanding on the part of health 
        professionals, patients, and the public through the effective 
        dissemination of information.
            ``(2) Establishment through grant or contract.--For the 
        purpose of carrying out paragraph (1), the Director of NIH 
        shall enter into a grant, cooperative agreement, or contract 
        with a nonprofit private entity involved in activities 
        regarding the prevention and control of osteoporosis and 
        related bone disorders.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 
for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
fiscal years 1995 and 1996.''.

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