(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (E); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
following: 
‘‘(C) providing research findings and data 
for newborn conditions under review by the Ad-
visory Committee on Heritable Disorders in 
Newborns and Children to be added to the rec-
ommended uniform screening panel; 
‘‘(D) conducting pilot studies on conditions 
recommended by the Advisory Committee on 
Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children 
to ensure that screenings are ready for nation-
wide implementation; and’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘of the National 
Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Part A of title XI of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300b–1 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end, the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1117. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAMS AND AC-
TIVITIES. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated— 
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‘‘(1) to carry out sections 1109, 1110, 1111, and 
1112, $11,900,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 
through 2019; and 
‘‘(2) to carry out section 1113, $8,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019.’’. 
SEC. 11. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
(a) GAO REPORT
ON TIMELINESS
OF NEWBORN 
SCREENING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit a report to 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives con-
cerning the timeliness of screening for heritable dis-
orders in newborns. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An analysis of information regarding 
the timeliness of newborn screening, which may 
include the time elapsed from birth to specimen 
collection, specimen collection to receipt by lab-
oratory, specimen receipt to reporting, reporting 
to followup testing, and followup testing to con-
firmed diagnosis. 
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(B) A summary of any guidelines, rec-
ommendations, or best practices available to 
States and health care providers intended to sup-
port a timely newborn screening system. 
(C) An analysis of any barriers to main-
taining a timely newborn screening system 
which may exist and recommendations for ad-
dressing such barriers. 
(b) REPORT BY SECRETARY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall— 
(A) not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives a re-
port on activities related to— 
(i) newborn screening; and 
(ii) screening children who have or are 
at risk for heritable disorders; and 
(B) not less than every 2 years, submit to 
such committees an updated version of such re-
port. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under this 
subsection shall contain a description of— 
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(A) the ongoing activities under sections 
1109, 1110, and 1112 through 1115 of the Public 
Health Service Act; and 
(B) the amounts expended on such activi-
ties. 
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Union Calendar No. 354 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1281 
[Report No. 113–478] 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reau-
thorize programs under part A of title XI of such 
Act. 
JUNE 19, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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