[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 93 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 93

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Center 
 for Nursing Research as a National Institute, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 21 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

 Mr. Harkin (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Conrad, and Mr. 
   Daschle) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Center 
 for Nursing Research as a National Institute, and for other purposes.

    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 ``National Institute of Nursing 
Research Act''.

SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF NATIONAL CENTER FOR NURSING RESEARCH AS 
              NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH.

    (a) In General.--Subpart 3 of part E of title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 287c et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 483--
                    (A) in the heading for the section, by striking 
                ``center'' and inserting ``institute''; and
                    (B) by striking ``The general purpose'' and all 
                that follows through ``is'' and inserting the 
                following: ``The general purpose of the National 
                Institute of Nursing Research (hereafter in this 
                subpart referred to as the `Institute') is'';
            (2) in section 484, by striking ``Center'' each place such 
        term appears and inserting ``Institute'';
            (3) in section 485--
                    (A) in subsection (a), in each of paragraphs (1) 
                through (3), by striking ``Center'' each place such 
                term appears and inserting ``Institution'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 
                        ``Center'' and inserting ``Institute'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (3)(A), in the first 
                        sentence, by striking ``Center'' and inserting 
                        ``Institute''; and
                    (C) in subsections (d) through (g), by striking 
                ``Center'' each place such term appears and inserting 
                ``Institute''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Organization of national institute of health.--Section 
        401(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 281(b)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by adding at the end the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(N) The National Institute of Nursing 
                Research.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (D).
            (2) Transfer of statutory provisions.--Sections 483 through 
        485A of the Health Service Act, as amended by subsection (a) of 
        this section--
                    (A) are transferred to part C of title IV of such 
                Act;
                    (B) are redesignated as sections 464L through 464O 
                of such part; and
                    (C) are inserted, in the appropriate sequence, 
                after section 464F of such part.
            (3) Heading for new subpart.--Title IV of the Public Health 
        Service Act, as amended by the preceding provisions of this 
        section, is amended--
                    (A) in part C, by inserting before section 464L the 
                following new heading:

      ``Subpart 14--National Institute of Nursing Research''; and

                    (B) by striking the heading for subpart 3 of part 
                E.
            (4) Cross-references.--Title IV of the Public Health 
        Service Act, as amended by the preceding provisions of this 
        section, is amended in subpart 14 of part C--
                    (A) in section 464M, by striking ``section 483'' 
                and inserting ``section 464L'';
                    (B) in section 464N(g), by striking ``section 486'' 
                and inserting ``section 464O''; and
                    (C) in section 464O, in the last sentence, by 
                striking ``section 485(g)'' and inserting ``section 
                464N(g)''.

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