[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 804 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 804

   To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the expansion, 
 intensification, and coordination of research and other activities of 
   the National Institutes of Health with respect to primary lateral 
                               sclerosis.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 2009

   Mr. Baca 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 require the expansion, 
 intensification, and coordination of research and other activities of 
   the National Institutes of Health with respect to primary lateral 
                               sclerosis.

    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 ``Understanding and Research of PLS 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS.

    Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 409J. PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS.

    ``(a) Expansion, Intensification, and Coordination of Activities.--
The Director of NIH shall expand, intensify, and coordinate research 
and other activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect 
to primary lateral sclerosis.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out subsection (a), there is authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 
for the period of fiscal years 2010 through 2014. Such authorization of 
appropriations shall be in addition to the authorization of 
appropriations in section 402A and any other authorization of 
appropriations available for such purpose.''.
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