[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2418 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2418

 To extend the National Bone Marrow Donor Program, and to establish a 
   provision regarding the bone marrow registry and persons of mixed 
                               ancestry.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 5, 1997

   Ms. Millender-McDonald (for herself, Mr. Fazio of California, Mr. 
Underwood, Mr. Faleomavaega, Ms. Norton, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hastings of 
  Florida, Mr. Towns, Ms. Slaughter, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Ms. Eddie 
 Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Rush, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Brown of Florida, 
    Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Payne, Mr. Dellums, Ms. 
Lofgren, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Dixon, and Mr. Davis of Illinois) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend the National Bone Marrow Donor Program, and to establish a 
   provision regarding the bone marrow registry and persons of mixed 
                               ancestry.

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

SECTION 1. PROVISION REGARDING BONE MARROW REGISTRY AND PERSONS OF 
              MIXED ANCESTRY.

    Section 379(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
274k(b)(3)) is amended by inserting ``, including persons of mixed 
ancestry,'' after ``racial and ethnic minority groups''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF BONE MARROW PROGRAM.

    Section 379(j) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274k(j)) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``1991 and'' and inserting ``1991,''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period the following: ``, 
        $18,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and such sums as may be 
        necessary for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2002''.
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