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[CITE: 42USC284e]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
   Part B--General Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes
 
Sec. 284e. Research on osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and 
        related bone disorders
        

(a) Establishment

    The Directors of the National Institute of Arthritis and 
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, the National Institute on Aging, the 
National Institute of Dental Research, and the National Institute of 
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, shall expand and intensify 
the programs of such Institutes with respect to research and related 
activities concerning osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and related bone 
disorders.

(b) Coordination

    The Directors referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall 
jointly coordinate the programs referred to in such subsection and 
consult with the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Interagency 
Coordinating Committee and the Interagency Task Force on Aging Research.

(c) Information clearinghouse

                           (1) In general

        In order to assist in carrying out the purpose described in 
    subsection (a) of this section, the Director of NIH shall provide 
    for the establishment of an information clearinghouse on 
    osteoporosis and related bone disorders to facilitate and enhance 
    knowledge and understanding on the part of health professionals, 
    patients, and the public through the effective dissemination of 
    information.

             (2) Establishment through grant or contract

        For the purpose of carrying out paragraph (1), the Director of 
    NIH shall enter into a grant, cooperative agreement, or contract 
    with a nonprofit private entity involved in activities regarding the 
    prevention and control of osteoporosis and related bone disorders.

(d) Authorization of appropriations

    For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 2003.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 409A, as added Pub. L. 103-43, 
title III, Sec. 302, June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 151; amended Pub. L. 105-
340, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3192.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105-340 substituted ``through 2003'' for 
``and 1996''.
