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the Federal Trade Commission, and any other
relevant Federal agency.
‘‘(c) SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—The Di-
rector of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alco-
holism, with the cooperation of members of the interagency
task force established under subsection (b), shall establish
a collaborative program to provide for the conduct and sup-
port of research, training, and dissemination of informa-
tion to researchers, clinicians, health professionals and the
public, with respect to the cause, prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the related condi-
tion know as Fetal Alcohol Effects.
‘‘SEC. 399H. ELIGIBILITY.
‘‘To be eligible to receive a grant, or enter into a coop-
erative agreement or contract under this part, an entity
shall—
‘‘(1) be a State, Indian tribal government, local
government, scientific or academic institution, or
nonprofit organization; and
‘‘(2) prepare and submit to the Secretary an ap-
plication at such time, in such manner, and contain-
ing such information as the Secretary may prescribe,
including a description of the activities that the en-
tity intends to carry out using amounts received
under this part.
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‘‘SEC. 399I. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this part, such sums as are necessary for each of the fiscal
years 1998 through 2002.’’.
SEC. 214.—(a) That section 414(a) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1524(a)) is amended by
striking ‘‘fiscal year 1995, fiscal year 1996, and fiscal year
1997’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect October 1, 1997.
SEC. 215. (a) STUDY.—From amounts appropriated
under this title, the Secretary should conduct a study on
the health effects of perchlorate on humans with particular
emphasis on the health risks to vulnerable subpopulations
including pregnant women, children, and the elderly.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Na-
tional Institutes of Health should prepare and submit to
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives, a report concerning the results of the study conducted
under subsection (a), including whether further health ef-
fects research is necessary.
SEC. 216. Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section
1143(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–
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13(a)(2)(B), (C)) are each amended by striking ‘‘employee’’
and inserting ‘‘employer, employee,’’.
SEC. 217. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the payments described in subsection (b) shall not be
considered income or resources in determining eligibility
for, or the amount of benefits under, a program or State
plan under title XVI or XIX of the Social Security Act.
(b) The payments described in this subsection are pay-
ments made by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to section
657 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2584).
SEC. 218. (a) STUDY.—Not later than 30 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, in consultation with the General Ac-
counting Office, shall conduct a comprehensive study con-
cerning efforts to improve organ and tissue procurement at
hospitals. Under such study, the Secretary shall survey at
least 5 percent of the hospitals who have entered into agree-
ments with an organ procurement organization required
under the Public Health Service Act and the hospitals’ des-
ignated organ procurement organizations to examine—
(1) the differences in protocols for the identifica-
tion of potential organ and tissue donors;
(2) whether each hospital, and the designated
organ procurement organization of the hospital, have
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a system in place for such identification of donors;
and
(3) protocols for outreach to the relatives of po-
tential organ or tissue donors.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall prepare and submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a report concerning the study conducted
under subsection (a), that shall include recommendations
on hospital best practices—
(1) that result in the most efficient and com-
prehensive identification of organ and tissue donors;
and
(2) for communicating with the relatives of po-
tential organ and tissue donors.
SEC. 219. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) over 53,000 Americans are currently await-
ing organ transplants;
(2) in 1996, 3,916 people on the transplant wait-
ing list died because no organs became available for
such people;
(3) the number of organ donors has grown slowly
over the past several years, even though there is sig-
nificant unrealized donor potential;
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(4) a Gallup survey indicated that 85 percent of
the American public supports organ donation, and 69
percent describe themselves as likely to donate their
organs upon death;
(5) most potential donors are cared for in hos-
pitals with greater than 350 beds, trauma services,
and medical school affiliations;
(6) a recent Harvard study showed that hospitals
frequently fail to offer donation services to the fami-
lies of medically eligible potential organ donors;
(7) staff and administration in large hospitals
often are not aware of the current level of donor po-
tential in their institution or the current level of do-
nation effectiveness of the institution;
(8) under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq; 1396 et seq.), hos-
pitals that participate in the medicare or medicaid
program are required to have in place policies to offer
eligible families the option of organ and tissue dona-
tion; and
(9) many hospitals have not yet incorporated
systematic protocols for offering donation to eligible
families in a skilled and sensitive way.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that hospitals that have organ or tissue donor potential