PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 110 STAT. 3009 -254
with respect to the provision of security protection for the Secretary
of Health and Human Services.
SEC. 208. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may
be obligated or expended for the Federal Council on Aging under
the Older Americans Act or the Advisory Board on Child Abuse
and Neglect under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 209. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act, as amended) which are appropriated for the current fiscal
year for the Department of Health and Human Services in this
Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such
transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both
Houses of Congress are notified at least fifteen days in advance
of any transfer.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 210. The Director of the National Institutes of Health,
jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may
transfer up to 3 percent among institutes, centers, and divisions
from the total amounts identified by these two Directors as funding
for research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Congress is promptly notified of the transfer.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 211. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the
National Institutes of Health, the amount for research related to
the human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the
Director of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research,
shall be made available to the "Office of AIDS Research" account.
The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from
such account amounts necessary to carry out section 2353(d)(3)
of the Public Health Service Act.
SEC. 212. Not later than January 1, 1997, the Administrator
of the Health Care Financing Administration, with the advice and
technical assistance of the Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research, shall transmit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report including—
(1) a review of all available studies and research data on
the treatment of end-stage emphysema and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease by both unilateral and bilateral lung volume
reduction surgery, involving both invasive and noninvasive surgery
and supplemental surgical methods, including laser applications;
and
(2) a recommendation, based on such review, as to the appropriateness of Medicare coverage of such procedures and the conditions, if necessary, that facilities and physicians should be required
to meet, to ensure the efficacy of such procedures, as more detailed
clinical studies are conducted.
SEC. 213. Section 304(a)(1) of the Family Violence Prevention
and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10403(a)(1)) is amended by striking
"$200,000" and inserting "$400,000".
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