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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2408 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 371
111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2408

                          [Report No. 111-631]

    To expand the research and awareness activities of the National 
 Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to scleroderma, 
                        and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2009

   Mrs. Capps (for herself, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Massa, Mr. 
McGovern, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Ms. Linda T. 
   Sanchez of California, Mr. Stearns, and Mr. Tonko) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

                           September 28, 2010

Additional sponsors: Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Israel, Mrs. 
Miller of Michigan, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Upton, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Maffei, 
  Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Pierluisi, Mrs. McCarthy of New 
York, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Peters, Mr. Kildee, 
Mr. McCotter, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Hare, Mr. Bishop 
of New York, Mr. Camp, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. McMahon, 
  Mr. Arcuri, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Crowley, Mr. King of New 
 York, Mr. Nadler of New York, Mr. Engel, Mr. Murphy of New York, Mr. 
 Gordon of Tennessee, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 
    Towns, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Terry, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. 
Baldwin, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Smith of 
  New Jersey, Mr. Schauer, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. Nunes, Mr. 
 Calvert, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Sestak, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. 
   Reyes, Ms. Sutton, Mr. McKeon, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. 
Tierney, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Higgins, Ms. Clarke, 
Ms. Chu, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Dent, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Dingell, 
  Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Ross, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
 Ortiz, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Courtney, 
 Mr. Carney, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Sires, Mr. 
LoBiondo, Mr. Filner, Mr. Lee of New York, Mr. Himes, Mr. Boccieri, Ms. 
   DeLauro, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Walden, Mr. Olver, Mrs. 
   Christensen, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mrs. Dahlkemper, Mr. Frank of 
  Massachusetts, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Platts

                           September 28, 2010

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 14, 
                                 2009]

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                                 A BILL

 
    To expand the research and awareness activities of the National 
 Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to scleroderma, 
                        and for other purposes.

 

    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 ``Scleroderma Research and Awareness 
Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN 
              DISEASES; SCLERODERMA RESEARCH EXPANSION.

    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. 409K. SCLERODERMA RESEARCH.

    ``The Director of NIH may expand, intensify, and coordinate the 
activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to 
scleroderma, with particular emphasis on the following:
            ``(1) Research focused on the etiology of scleroderma and 
        the development of new treatment options.
            ``(2) Clinical research to evaluate new treatments options.
            ``(3) Basic research on the relationship between 
        scleroderma and secondary conditions such as pulmonary 
        hypertension, gastroparesis, Raynaud's phenomenon, Sjogren's 
        Syndrome, and other diseases as determined by the Director.''.

SEC. 3. PROMOTING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF SCLERODERMA.

    Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 399V-5. PROMOTING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF SCLERODERMA.

    ``The Secretary may carry out an educational campaign to increase 
public awareness of scleroderma. Print, video, and Web-based materials 
distributed through this campaign may include--
            ``(1) basic information on scleroderma and its symptoms; 
        and
            ``(2) information on--
                    ``(A) the incidence and prevalence of scleroderma;
                    ``(B) diseases and conditions affiliated with 
                scleroderma; or
                    ``(C) the importance of early diagnosis and 
                treatment of scleroderma.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 371

111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2408

                          [Report No. 111-631]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To expand the research and awareness activities of the National 
 Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to scleroderma, 
                        and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 28, 2010

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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