been shown in white, African-American, Hispanic, 
and Asian girls. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘eating disorder’’ includes ano-
rexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and eating disorders not 
otherwise specified (EDNOS) (including binge eating dis-
order), as defined in the fourth edition of ‘‘Diagnostic and 
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’’ or such later edi-
tion as the Secretary may specify. 
TITLE I—RESEARCH 
SEC. 101. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE EATING DISORDER-RE-
LATED RESEARCH AND FUNDING. 
Title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
281 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘PART J—EATING DISORDER-RELATED 
ACTIVITIES 
‘‘SEC. 499A. AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE NA-
TIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RELATING 
TO EATING DISORDERS. 
‘‘(a) IDENTIFYING TOTAL EXPENDITURES ON EAT-
ING DISORDERS.—The Director of NIH, in coordination 
with the National Institute of Mental Health, the Office 
of Research on Women’s Health, and other institutes of 
the National Institutes of Health, shall identify the total 
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amount of expenditures, both intramural and extramural, 
by the National Institutes of Health for eating disorders 
for each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008. 
‘‘(b) BUDGET FOR EATING DISORDERS RESEARCH 
AND COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS.— 
The Director of NIH, based on the strategic plan devel-
oped under subsection (c), shall— 
‘‘(1) develop and oversee the implementation of 
a scientifically justified budget for research on eat-
ing disorders at the National Institutes of Health; 
‘‘(2) coordinate all research activities and pro-
grams on eating disorders at the institutes, centers, 
and divisions of the National Institutes of Health; 
and 
‘‘(3) evaluate all such activities and programs. 
‘‘(c) STRATEGIC PLAN FOR EATING DISORDERS RE-
SEARCH.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of NIH shall 
develop, in consultation with leading eating disorder 
researchers, and oversee the implementation of a 
comprehensive, long-range plan for the conduct and 
support of research on eating disorders by the insti-
tutes, centers, and divisions of the National Insti-
tutes of Health. 
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‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The plan developed 
under paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) be updated on an annual basis; 
‘‘(B) identify critical scientific questions 
related to eating disorders and establish prior-
ities among such questions; 
‘‘(C) based on the priorities established 
under subparagraph (B), specify the short- and 
long-range objectives to be achieved, and esti-
mate the resources needed to achieve these ob-
jectives; 
‘‘(D) evaluate the sufficiency of existing re-
search programs on eating disorders to meet 
the objectives specified under subparagraph (C), 
and establish objectives, timelines, and criteria 
for evaluating future research programs; 
‘‘(E) be coordinated with the activities of 
the centers of excellence receiving funds under 
section 499B(b); and 
‘‘(F) make recommendations for changes 
to existing research programs on eating dis-
orders. 
‘‘(d) BUDGETARY AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Director of NIH 
shall— 
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‘‘(A) in accordance with the strategic plan 
developed under subsection (c), annually pre-
pare and submit to Congress a scientifically jus-
tified budget estimate for research on eating 
disorders to be conducted within the agencies of 
the National Institutes of Health, which shall 
include the amount of funds that will be re-
quired for— 
‘‘(i) the continued funding of ongoing 
discretionary program initiatives at the in-
stitutes, centers, and divisions of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health; and 
‘‘(ii) the funding of new and com-
plementary program initiatives; and 
‘‘(B) receive all research funds for eating 
disorders described in subparagraph (A), and 
allocate those funds to the institutes, centers, 
and divisions of the National Institutes of 
Health. 
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Paragraph (1)(B) 
shall become effective in the fiscal year following the 
submission of the eating disorder budget described 
in paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(e) EVALUATION AND REPORT.— 
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‘‘(1) EVALUATION.—The Director of NIH shall 
evaluate the effect of this section on the planning 
and coordination of research programs on eating dis-
orders at the institutes, centers, and divisions of the 
National Institutes of Health, and the extent to 
which funding mandated under this section has fol-
lowed the recommendation of the strategic plan de-
veloped under subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Director of 
NIH shall prepare and submit to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate, a report based on the evaluation de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this part, the term ‘eating 
disorder’ includes anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge 
eating disorder, and eating disorders not otherwise speci-
fied (EDNOS), as defined in the fourth edition of ‘Diag-
nostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’. 
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