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PUBLIC LAW 105-369 —NOV. 12, 1998 112 STAT. 3369 of this Act. If all of the amounts in the Fund have not been expended by the end of the 5-year period, investments of amounts in the Fund shall be liquidated, the receipts of such liquidation shall be deposited in the Fund, and all funds remaining in the Fund shall be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts account in the Treasury of the United States. (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund to carry out this title $750,000,000. SEC. 102. COMPASSIONATE PAYMENT RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS 42 USC 300c-22 WITH BLOOD-CLOTTING DISORDERS AND HIV. note. (a) IN GENERAL.—I f the conditions described in subsection (b) are met and if there are sufficient amounts in the Fund to make each payment, the Secretary shall make a single payment of $100,000 from the Fund to any individual who has an HIV infection and who is described in one of the following paragraphs: (1) The individual has any form of blood-clotting disorder, such as hemophilia, and was treated with antihemophilic factor at any time during the period beginning on July 1, 1982, and ending on December 31, 1987. (2) The individual— (A) is the lawful spouse of an individual described in paragraph (1); or (B) is the former lawful spouse of an individual described in paragraph (1) and was the lawful spouse of the individual at any time after a date, within the period described in such subparagraph, on which the individual was treated as described in such paragraph and through medical documentation can assert reasonable certainty of transmission of HIV from individual described in paragraph (1). (3) The individual acquired the HIV infection through perinatal transmission from a parent who is an individual described in paragraph (1) or (2). (b) CONDITIONS. —The conditions described in this subsection are, with respect to an individual, as follows: (1) SUBMISSION OF MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION OF HIV INFECTION.— The individual submits to the Secretary written medical documentation that the individual has an HIV infection. (2) PETITION. — ^A petition for the payment is filed with the Secretary by or on behalf of the individual. (3) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary determines, in accordance with section 103(b), that the petition meets the requirements of this title. SEC. 103. DETERMINATION AND PAYMENT. 42 USC 300c-22 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FILING PROCEDURES. —The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish procedures under which individuals may submit petitions for payment under this ti£le. The procedures shall include a requirement that each petition filed under this Act include written medical documentation that the relevant individual described in section 102(a)(1) has (or had) a blood-clotting disorder, such as hemophilia, and was treated as described in such section. (b) DETERMINATION.—For each petition filed under this title, the Secretary shall determine whether the petition meets the requirements of this title.