SEC. 5. STUDY BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 379A(a) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274l(a)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘conduct’’ in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and
all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘conduct a
study for the purpose of—
‘‘(1) assessing the extent to which the program
carried out under section 379 maintains the confiden-
tiality of the identity of individuals who are enrolled
with the Registry;
‘‘(2) assessing the extent to which such individ-
uals cooperate with the Registry when the Registry re-
quests the individuals to undergo supplemental testing
regarding the donation of bone marrow;
‘‘(3) assessing, in the case of such individuals
who have been determined to be medically appro-
priate donors of bone marrow for the patients in-
volved, the extent to which such individuals are will-
ing to make a donation of bone marrow;
‘‘(4) assessing the extent to which activities car-
ried out pursuant to section 379(k) provide informa-
tion to the individuals involved that is sufficient for
the individuals to make informed decisions regarding
the donation of bone marrow;
‘‘(5) assessing the extent to which the case man-
agement services provided under section 379(j)(3) are
effective in assisting patients in receiving the trans-
plants involved;
‘‘(6) developing recommendations on improving
the program of the Registry, including proposals to
increase the number of transplants with successful
outcomes while maintaining the confidentiality of the
identity of the individuals authorizing the donations
of bone marrow;
‘‘(7) assessing the extent to which efforts to re-
cruit minority individuals to enroll in the Registry
have been successful;
‘‘(8) assessing, in the case of minority individ-
uals who have been medically referred to receive a
transplant of bone marrow, the measures that should
be implemented to ensure that the Registry provides
for such individuals a probability of locating a bio-
logically unrelated, medically appropriate donor that
is reasonably equivalent to the probability that exists
with respect to Caucasian individuals who have been
so referred; and
‘‘(9) assessing the extent to which the fees im-
posed by transplant centers with respect to the search
for a donor of bone marrow, when considered in light
of the fees imposed by the Registry, constitute a sig-
nificant obstacle to individuals in obtaining a trans-
plant of bone marrow.’’.
(b) DATE CERTAIN FOR SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—
Section 379A(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
274l(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘this part’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘2
years after the date of the enactment of the Organ and Bone
Marrow Transplantation Amendments of 1993’’.
SEC. 6. TRANSFER OF PROGRAMS; MISCELLANEOUS CON-
FORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 201 et seq.), as amended by the preceding provisions
of this Act, is amended—
(1) by striking title XVIII;
(2)(A) by transferring sections 371 through 377
from the current placement of such sections;
(B) by redesignating such sections as sections
1801 through 1807, respectively;
(C) by inserting such sections, in the appropriate
sequence, after title XVII; and
(D) by inserting before section 1801 (as so redes-
ignated) the following: