104 STAT. 2770 PUBLIC LAW 101-557—NOV. 15, 1990 42 USC 242q-2. SEC. 303. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND SUPPORT. The Secretary, acting through either the Assistant Secretary for Health or the Director of the National Institute on Aging, shall appoint an Executive Secretary for the Task Force and shall provide the Task Force with such administrative staff and support as may be necessary to enable the Task Force to carry out subsections (b) and (c) of section 301. 42 USC 242q-3. SEC. 304. REPORTS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Task Force shall prepare and submit to the Secretary, and to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report providing the recommendations required in section 301(b). 0?) AvAiLABiliTY TO PUBLIC.— The Task Force may make available to the public copies of the reports required in subsection (a). 42 USC 242q-4. SEC. 305. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this title: (1) AGING RESEARCH. — (A) The term "aging research" means research on the aging process and on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, disorders, and complications related to aging, including menopause. Such research includes research on such treatments, and on medical devices and other medical interventions regarding such diseases, disorders, and complications, that can assist individuals in avoiding institutionalization and prolonged hospitalization and in otherwise increasing the independence of the individuals. (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term "independence", with respect to diseases, disorders, and complications of aging, means the functional ability of individuals to perform activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living without assistance or supervision. (2) SECRETARY. — The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (3) TASK FORCE. —The term "Task Force" means the Task Force on Aging Research established under section 301(a). 42 USC 242q-5. SEC. 306. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. For the purpose of carrying out this title, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 1993. TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. 401. MISCEIXANEOUS AMENDMENTS. (a) MINORITY HEALTH.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1707(b) of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 2 of the Disadvantaged Minority Health Ante, p. 2312. Improvement Act of 1990, is amended— (A) in paragraph (6), by striking "and" after the semicolon at the end;
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