S.Amdt. 3157

SA 3157. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, and Mr. Merkley) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2786 proposed by Mr.
Reid (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) to the bill
H.R. 3590, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the
first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces
and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 1703, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:

SEC. 6303. IMPROVEMENTS TO COMPARATIVE CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS
RESEARCH.

Section 1181 of the Social Security Act (as added by
section 6301) is amended--
(1) in subsection (d)(2)(B)--
(A) in clause (ii)(IV)--
(i) by inserting ``, as described in subparagraph
(A)(ii),'' after ``original research''; and
(ii) by inserting ``, as long as the researcher enters into
a data use agreement with the Institute for use of the data
from the original research, as appropriate'' after
``publication''; and
(B) by amending clause (iv) to read as follows:
``(iv) Subsequent use of the data.--The Institute shall not
allow the subsequent use of data from original research in
work-for-hire contracts with individuals, entities, or
instrumentalities that have a financial interest in the
results, unless approved under a data use agreement with the
Institute.'';
(2) in subsection (d)(8)(A)(iv), by striking ``not be
construed as mandates for'' and inserting ``do not include'';
and
(3) in subsection (f)(1)(C), by amending clause (ii) to
read as follows:
``(ii) 5 members representing physicians and providers,
including 3 members representing physicians (at least 1 of
whom is a surgeon), 1 of whom is either a nurse or a State-
licensed integrative health care practitioner, and 1 of whom
is a representative of a hospital.''.
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