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Lupus Research Amendments of 1994

Introduced: November 5, 1993 See on congress.gov
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Sep 13, 1994
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608.
Sep 13, 1994
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 103-364.
Aug 3, 1994
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Nov 5, 1993
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Nov 5, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15214)
Nov 5, 1993
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Lupus Research Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to expand and intensify research and related activities of the Institute with respect to lupus.

Requires the Director to: (1) coordinate such activities with similar activities conducted by other national research institutes and agencies of the National Institutes of Health; and (2) conduct or support research to expand the understanding of the causes of, and to find a cure for, lupus, including research to determine the reasons underlying the elevated prevalence of the disease among African-American and other women.

Authorizes appropriations.

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608.

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