‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of 
fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) PEDIATRIC LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.—Part 
Q of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
280h et seq.), as amended by subsection (a), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 399BB. PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY LOAN REPAY-
MENT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Administrator of the Health Resources and Serv-
ices 
Administration, 
may 
establish 
a 
pediatric 
rheumatology loan repayment program. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—Through the pro-
gram established under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) enter into contracts with qualified health 
professionals who are pediatric rheumatologists 
under which— 
‘‘(A) such professionals agree to provide 
health care in an area with a shortage of pedi-
atric rheumatologists; and 
‘‘(B) the Federal Government agrees to 
repay, for each year of such service, not more
than $25,000 of the principal and interest of 
the educational loans of such professionals; and 
‘‘(2) in addition to making payments under 
paragraph (1) on behalf of an individual, make pay-
ments to the individual for the purpose of providing 
reimbursement for tax liability resulting from the 
payments made under paragraph (1), in an amount 
equal to 39 percent of the total amount of the pay-
ments made for the taxable year involved. 
‘‘(c) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For the purpose of car-
rying out this section, the Secretary may reserve, 
from amounts appropriated for the Health Re-
sources and Services Administration for the fiscal 
year involved, such amounts as the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts made 
available to carry out this section shall remain avail-
able until the expiration of the second fiscal year be-
ginning after the fiscal year for which such amounts 
were made available.’’. 
SEC. 7. CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS IN PEDIATRIC 
RHEUMATOLOGY. 
Part G of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 288 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating section 487F (as added by 
Public Law 106–505), as section 487G; 
(2) by inserting after section 487G (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 487H. CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS IN PEDI-
ATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Director of NIH, may establish a program to in-
crease the number of career development awards for 
health professionals who intend to build careers in clinical 
and 
translational 
research 
relating 
to 
pediatric 
rheumatology. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out this section.’’. 
SEC. 8. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE STUDY OF ARTHRI-
TIS AND THE WORKPLACE. 
(a) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall conduct a study on the 
economic impact of arthritis in the workplace, and submit 
a report to the appropriate committees of Congress con-
taining the results of the study.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section. 
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