To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for expanding and intensifying activities of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases with respect to lupus.
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.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 608.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3516)
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2229, E649-650)
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