,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajbg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bb1 #bjac
 ,mr4 ,kirk 7for himself and ,mr4       
,johnson of ,south ,dakota7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to improve1      
coordinate1 and enhance rehabilitation  
research at the ,national ,institutes of
 ,health4  #a4 ,improving rehabilitation
 research at ,,nih ,section #deb of the 
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bhe;g-#d7 is amended--  7#a7 
in the section heading by striking      
medical2  7#b7 in subsection 7a71 by    
striking ,medical2  7#c7 in subsection  
7c77#a77;,c71 by striking of the        
,national and inserting within the      
,national2  7#d7 in subsection 7d77#d71 
by inserting 1 or at least every #e     
years1 after periodically12 and  7#e7 by
 adding at the end the following3  7g7  
,the ,secretary may establish a working 

group made up of representatives from   
various ,institutes and ,centers1 as    
appropriate1 within the ,national       
,institutes of ,health to update and    
streamline rehabilitation research      
priorities at the ,national ,institutes 
of ,health4  7h7 ,the ,secretary may    
enter into inter-agency agreements      
relating to the coordination of         
rehabilitation research conducted by    
agencies outside of the ,department of  
,health and ,human ,services4  7i7 ,for 
purposes of this section1 the term      
rehabilitation means the science of     
mechanisms and interventions that       
prevent1 improve1 restore or replace    
lost1 underdeveloped1 or deteriorating  
function 7defined at the level of       
impairment1 activity1 and participation 
according to the ,,who-,,icf ,model74  4
  #b4 ,report on implementation of      
rehabilitation research recommendations 
,not later than #a year after the date  
of enactment of this ,act1 the          
,secretary of ,health and ,human        

,services shall submit to the           
appropriate committees of ,congress a   
report concerning the feasibility of    
implementing the changes proposed in the
 ,blue ,ribbon ,panel ,recommendations  
on ,rehabilitation ,research4