,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ai1 #bjae ,mr4 
,collins of ,new ,york introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,public ,health
 ,service ,act with respect to the      
,silvio ,o4 ,conte ,senior ,biomedical  
,research ,service4  #a4 ,silvio ,o4    
,conte ,senior ,biomedical ,research    
,service  7a7 ,hiring and retention     
authority ,section #bbh of the ,public  
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bcg7 is amended-- 7#a7 in the section  
heading1 by inserting and ,biomedical   
,product ,assessment after ,research2   
7#b7 in subsection 7a77#a71 by striking 
,silvio ,o4 ,conte ,senior ,biomedical  
,research ,service1 not to exceed #ejj  
members and inserting ,silvio ,o4 ,conte
 ,senior ,biomedical ,research and      
,biomedical ,product ,assessment        
,service 7in this section referred to as
 the ,service71 the purpose of which is 

to recruit and retain competitive and   
qualified scientific and technical      
experts outstanding in the field of     
biomedical research1 clinical research  
evaluation1 and biomedical product      
assessment2  7#c7 by amending subsection
 7a77#b7 to read as follows3  7#b7 ,the 
authority established in paragraph 7#a7 
may not be construed to require the     
,secretary to reduce the number of      
employees serving under any other       
employment system in order to offset the
 number of members serving in the       
,service4  2  7#d7 in subsection 7b7--  
7,a7 in the matter preceding paragraph  
7#a71 by striking or clinical research  
evaluation and inserting 1 clinical     
research evaluation or biomedical       
product assessment after evaluation2 and
  7,b7 in paragraph 7#a71 by inserting  
or a master's level degree in           
engineering1 bioinformatics1 or a       
related or emerging field1 after the    
comma2  7#e7 in subsection 7d71 by      
striking and shall not exceed the rate  

payable for level ,i of the ,executive  
,schedule unless approved by the        
,president under section #ecgg7;d77#b7  
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code and  
inserting and shall not exceed the rate 
payable for the ,president2  7#f7 by    
striking subsection 7e72 and  7#g7 by   
redesignating subsections 7f7 and 7g7 as
 subsections 7e7 and 7f71 respectively4 
7b7 ,report ,not later than #c years    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,health and     
,human ,services shall submit1 and      
publish on the website of the           
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services a report on the implementation
 of the amendments made by subsection   
7a71 including whether the amendments   
have improved the ability of the ,food  
and ,drug ,administration to hire and   
retain qualified experts to fulfill     
obligations specified under user fee    
agreements4