[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1098 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1098

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs 
       relating to traumatic brain injury and to trauma research.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2013

  Mr. Pascrell (for himself and Mr. Rooney) 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 reauthorize certain programs 
       relating to traumatic brain injury and to trauma research.

    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 
Reauthorization Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. CDC PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTION AND SURVEILLANCE OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN 
              INJURY.

    Section 394A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b-3) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking the section heading and all that follows 
        through ``For the purpose'' and inserting the following:

``SEC. 394. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--For the purpose''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Traumatic Brain Injury.--To carry out sections 393B and 393C, 
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.''.

SEC. 3. STATE GRANTS FOR PROJECTS REGARDING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.

    Section 1252 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-52) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``, acting through the 
        Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
        Administration,''; and
            (2) in subsection (j), by striking ``2012'' and inserting 
        ``2018''.

SEC. 4. STATE GRANTS FOR PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SERVICES.

    Section 1253 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-53) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``, acting through the 
        Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
        Administration (referred to in this section as the 
        `Administrator'),'';
            (2) in subsections (c), (d)(1), (e)(1), (e)(4), (g), (h), 
        and (j)(1), by striking ``Administrator'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``Secretary'';
            (3) in subsection (i)--
                    (A) by striking ``Administrator of the Health 
                Resources and Services Administration'' and inserting 
                ``Secretary''; and
                    (B) by striking ``by the Administrator'' and 
                inserting ``by the Secretary''; and
            (4) in subsection (l), by striking ``2012'' and inserting 
        ``2018''.

SEC. 5. INTERAGENCY PROGRAM FOR TRAUMA RESEARCH.

    Section 1261(i) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-
61(i)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2018''.
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