[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 477 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 477

  To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to research on 
        cognitive disorders arising from traumatic brain injury.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 1999

 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                      to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to research on 
        cognitive disorders arising from traumatic brain injury.

    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 ``Traumatic Brain Injury Amendments of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH ON COGNITIVE DISORDERS ARISING FROM TRAUMATIC BRAIN 
              INJURY.

    Section 1261(d)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300d-61(d)(4)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following subparagraph:
                    ``(E) carrying out subparagraphs (A) through (D) 
                with respect to cognitive disorders arising from 
                traumatic brain injury, including the development, 
                modification, and evaluation of therapies and programs 
                of rehabilitation toward restoring normal capabilities 
                to read, comprehend, speak, reason, and deduce.''.
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