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ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,en]gy &      
,comm]ce  ,a ,,bill  ,to exp& ! rese>* &
 aw>5ess activities ( ! ,national       
,in/itute ( ,ar?ritis & ,musculoskeletal
 & ,sk9 ,diseases & ! ,c5t]s = ,disease 
,control & ,prev5tion ) respect to      
scl]od]ma1 & = o!r purposes4  #a4 ,%ort 
title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z !         
,scl]od]ma ,rese>* & ,aw>5ess ,act (    
#bjac4  #b4 ,national in/itute (        
ar?ritis & musculoskeletal & sk9        
diseases2 scl]od]ma rese>* expansion ,"p
 ,b ( title ,,iv ( ! ,public ,heal?     
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seq47 is am5d$ by add+ at ! end !       
foll[+3  #dji,k4 ,scl]od]ma rese>* ,!   
,director ( ,,nih may exp&1 int5sify1 & 
coord9ate ! activities ( ! ,national    
,in/itutes ( ,heal? ) respect to        
scl]od]ma1 ) p>ticul> emphasis on !     

foll[+3  7#a7 ,rese>* focus$ on !       
etiology ( scl]od]ma & ! developm5t (   
new treatm5t options4  7#b7 ,cl9ical    
rese>* to evaluate new treatm5ts        
options4  7#c7 ,basic rese>* on !       
relation%ip betwe5 scl]od]ma & second>y 
conditions su* z pulmon>y hyp]t5sion1   
ga/rop>esis1 ,raynaud's ph5om5on1       
,sjgr5's ,syndrome1 & o!r diseases z    
det]m9$ by ! ,director4  4  #c4 ,promot+
 public aw>5ess ( scl]od]ma ,"p ,p (    
title ,,iii ( ! ,public ,heal? ,s]vice  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhj;g et seq47 is  
am5d$ by add+ at ! end ! foll[+3        
#cii,v-#f4 ,promot+ public aw>5ess (    
scl]od]ma ,! ,secret>y may c>ry out an  
educational campaign to increase public 
aw>5ess ( scl]od]ma4 ,pr9t1 video1 &    
,web-bas$ mat]ials di/ribut$ ?r\gh ?is  
campaign may include--  7#a7 basic      
in=mation on scl]od]ma & its symptoms2 &
  7#b7 in=mation on--  7,a7 ! incid5ce &
 preval5ce ( scl]od]ma2  7,b7 diseases &
 conditions affiliat$ ) scl]od]ma2 or   
7,c7 ! importance ( e>ly diagnosis &    

treatm5t ( scl]od]ma4  4