[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5768]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3805. Mr. NELSON (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall seek to enter into a contract with the National Academy 
     of Sciences under which the National Academy of Sciences 
     conducts a study on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and, not 
     later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     submits a report on such study to Congress.
       (b) The report under this section shall--
       (1) address--
       (A) the nationwide state of research on amyotrophic lateral 
     sclerosis, including the state of research and development of 
     assistive technologies and drug treatments for such disease;
       (B) key gaps in research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;
       (C) the nationwide state of medical and care services for 
     individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;
       (D) key gaps in access to medical and care services for 
     individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; and
       (E) the higher incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 
     in both active duty military and veterans causing them to be 
     more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with the disease; 
     and
       (2) include recommendations to Congress for advancing 
     research as well as access to medical and care services with 
     respect to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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