90 STAT. 2646 Appropriation authorization.
42 USC 289C-5.
PUBLIC LAW 94-562—OCT. 19, 1976 "(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsections (a) and (b) $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980. "(3) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (c) $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $1,250,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980.". (e) The heading to section 438 is amended to read as follows: "ARTHRITIS DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AND DATA SYSTEM". MULTIPURPOSE ARTHRITIS CENTERS
42 USC 289C-6.
Limitation.
SEC. 102. Section 439 is amended— (1) by inserting ", and in research in arthritis" in subsection (b)(2)(B) before the semicolon at the end thereof; (2) by amending subsection (f^ to read as follows: "(f) Support of a center under this section may be for a period of not to exceed three years and may be extended by the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases for additional periods of not more than three years each, after review of the operations of such center by an appropriate scientific review group established by the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases."; (3) by inserting "the" before "fiscal year" each place it appears in subsection (g); (4) by striking out "and" in subsection (g) before "$20,000,000"; (5) by inserting "$18,700,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $19,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980" before the period at the end of the first sentence of subsection (g); and (6) by amending the heading to read as follows: "MULTIPURPOSE ARTHRITIS CENTERS". NATIONAL A R T H R I T I S ADVISORY BOARD
SEC. 103. (a) Part D of title IV is amended by inserting after section 439 the following new section: "NATIONAL ARTHRITIS ADVISORY BOARD
Establishment. 42 USC 289C-7.
"SEC. 440. (a) The Secretary shall establish a National Arthritis Advisory Board (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 'Board') to be composed of twenty-four members as follows: "(1) Eight members shall be appointed by the Secretary from individuals who are scientists, physicians, or other health professionals, who are not employed by the Federal Govermnent, and who represent the various specialties and disciplines involved in arthritis. Of the members appointed pursuant to this paragraph, three shall be clinical rheumatologists, two shall be orthopedic surgeons, two shall be rheumatology investigators, and one shall be an allied health professional. "(2) Six members shall be appointed by the Secretary from individuals, who are not employed by the Federal Government,
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