,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adbi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #i1 #bjac     
,mrs4 ,capps 7for herself and ,mr4 ,king
 of ,new ,york7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to expand the research and     
awareness activities of the ,national   
,institute of ,arthritis and            
,musculoskeletal and ,skin ,diseases and
 the ,centers for ,disease ,control and 
,prevention with respect to scleroderma1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,scleroderma ,research and ,awareness   
,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,national institute 
of arthritis and musculoskeletal and    
skin diseases2 scleroderma research     
expansion ,part ,b of title ,,iv of the 
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bhd et seq47 is amended by   
adding at the end the following3        
#dji,k4 ,scleroderma research ,the      
,director of ,,nih may expand1          

intensify1 and coordinate the activities
 of the ,national ,institutes of ,health
 with respect to scleroderma1 with      
particular emphasis on the following3   
7#a7 ,research focused on the etiology  
of scleroderma and the development of   
new treatment options4  7#b7 ,clinical  
research to evaluate new treatments     
options4  7#c7 ,basic research on the   
relationship between scleroderma and    
secondary conditions such as pulmonary  
hypertension1 gastroparesis1 ,raynaud's 
phenomenon1 ,sjgren's ,syndrome1 and    
other diseases as determined by the     
,director4  4  #c4 ,promoting public    
awareness of scleroderma ,part ,p of    
title ,,iii of the ,public ,health      
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhj;g et  
seq47 is amended by adding at the end   
the following3  #cii,v-#f4 ,promoting   
public awareness of scleroderma ,the    
,secretary may carry out an educational 
campaign to increase public awareness of
 scleroderma4 ,print1 video1 and        
,web-based materials distributed through

 this campaign may include--  7#a7 basic
 information on scleroderma and its     
symptoms2 and  7#b7 information on--    
7,a7 the incidence and prevalence of    
scleroderma2  7,b7 diseases and         
conditions affiliated with scleroderma2 
or  7,c7 the importance of early        
diagnosis and treatment of scleroderma4 
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