S.Amdt. 2862

SA 2862. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. Booker)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year

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2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1095. SICKLE CELL DISEASE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT.

(a) In General.--Section 1106(b) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300b-5(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)(iii), by striking ``prevention and
treatment of sickle cell disease'' and inserting ``treatment
of sickle cell disease and the prevention and treatment of
complications of sickle cell disease'';
(2) in paragraph (2)(D), by striking ``prevention and
treatment of sickle cell disease'' and inserting ``treatment
of sickle cell disease and the prevention and treatment of
complications of sickle cell disease'';
(3) in paragraph (3)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``enter into a
contract with'' and inserting ``make a grant to, or enter
into a contract or cooperative agreement with,''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), in each of clauses (ii) and (iii),
by striking ``prevention and treatment of sickle cell
disease'' and inserting ``treatment of sickle cell disease
and the prevention and treatment of complications of sickle
cell disease''; and
(4) in paragraph (6), by striking ``$4,455,000 for each of
fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``$8,205,000
for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028''.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
further research should be undertaken to expand the
understanding of the causes of, and to find cures for,
heritable blood disorders, including sickle cell disease.
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