PUBLIC LAW 103-43—JUNE 10, 1993 107 STAT. 149 "(C) purchasing or renting equipment and quarters for activities of such Institutes. "(2) Not later than February 10 of each fiscal year, the Secretary Reports shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report describing the activities undertaken and expenditures made under this section during the preceding fiscal year. The report may contain such comments of the Secretary regarding this section as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. "(3) For the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996.". SEC. 209. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 207 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following section: Appropriation authorization. OFFICE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 42 USC 283g. Public information. "SEC 404E. (a) There is estabhshed within the Office of the Director of NIH an office to be known as the Office of Alternative Medicine (in this section referred to as the 'Office'), which shall be headed by a director appointed by the Director of NIH. "(b) The purpose of the Office is to facilitate the evaluation of alternative medical treatment modalities, including acupuncture and Oriental medicine, homeopathic medicine, and physical manipulation therapies. "(c) The Secretary shall establish an advison council for the purpose of providing advice to the Director of the Office on carrying out this section. Section 222 applies to such council to the same extent and in the same manner as such section applies to committees or councils established under such section. "(d) In carrying out subsection (b), the Director of the Office shall— "(1) establish an information clearinghouse to exchange information with the public about alternative medicine; "(2) support research training— "(A) for which fellowship support is not provided under section 487; and "(B) that is not residency training of physicians or other health professionals; and "(3)(A) prepare biennial reports on the activities carried Reports. out or to be carried out by the Office; and "(B) submit each such report to the Director of NIH for inclusion in the biennial report under section 403.". SEC. 210. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. (a) TERM OF OFFICE FOR MEMBERS OF ADVISORY COUNCILS.— Section 406(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284a(c)) is amended in the second sentence by striking "until a successor has taken office" and inserting the following: "for 180 days after the date of such expiration". (b) LITERACY REQUIREMENTS.— Section 402(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282(e)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking "and" at the end;
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