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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-623—NOV. 9, 1978

92 STAT. 3451

$25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and $33,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981. Not less than 15 per centum of the amount appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, shall be obligated for assessments, research, demonstrations, and evaluations directly undertaken through the Center under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b).". (d)(1) Subsection (a)(1) of section 308 is amended (A) by insert- 42 USC 242m. ing "and section 309" after "307'*, and (B) by striking out "health statistics" and inserting in lieu thereof ", health statistics, and health care technology". (2) Subsection (b)(1) of such section is amended by striking out "or 307" and inserting in lieu thereof "307, or 309". (3) Subsection (d) of such section is amended (A) by striking out "or 307" and inserting in lieu thereof "307, or 309", and (B) by inserting "or epidemiological" after "statistical" in clause (1). (4) Subsection (e) of such section is amended by striking out "or 307" each place it occurs and inserting in lieu thereof "307, or 309". (5) Subsection (f) of such section is amended by striking out "or 306" and inserting in lieu thereof "306, or 309". (6) Subsection (g)(2) of such section is amended by striking out "and 306" and inserting in lieu thereof "306, and 309". (7) Subsection (h)(1) of such section is amended by striking out "or 306" each place it occurs and inserting in lieu thereof "306, or 309". (8) The heading for such section is amended by striking out "AND 30 7" and inserting in lieu thereof "so?, AND 309". STUDY OF COSTS OF DISEASES AND ADVERSE EFFECTS ON H U M A N S W H I C H ARE ENVIRONMENTALY RELATED

SEC. 7. Section 304 (as amended by section 3(d)) is amended by 42 USC 242b. adding at the end the following: "(e)(1) The Secretary and the National Academy of Sciences (acting through the Institute of Medicine and other appropriate units) shall, jointly and in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Labor, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Council of Economic Advisers, the Council on Wage and Price Stability, the Council on Environmental Quality, and other entities of the Federal Government which the Secretary determines have the expertise in the subject of the study prescribed by this paragraph, conduct, with funds appropriated under section 308(i)(2), an ongoing study of the present and projected future health costs of pollution and other environmental conditions resulting from human activity (including human activity in any place in the indoor or outdoor environment, including places of employment and residence). In conducting the study, the Secretary and the National Academy of Sciences (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'Academy') shall, to the extent feasible— "(A) identify the pollution (and the pollutants responsible for the pollution) and other environmental conditions which are, or may reasonably be anticipated to be, responsible for causing, contributing to, increasing susceptibility to, or aggravating human diseases and adverse effects on humans; "(B) identify each such disease and adverse effect on humans