,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #caae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bi1     
#bjaf,mr4 ,wicker 7for himself and ,mr4 
,brown7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,health1 ,education1     
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,public ,health ,service ,act 
with respect to a national pediatric    
research network4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,pediatric ,research ,improvement ,act  
of #bjaf4  #b4 ,national ,pediatric     
,research ,network ,section #dji;,d7d7  
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhd;h7d77 is amended--  
7#a7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 by        
striking in consultation with the       
,director of the ,eunice ,kennedy       
,shriver ,national ,institute of ,child 
,health and ,human ,development and in  
collaboration with other appropriate    
national research institutes and        
national centers that carry out         

activities involving pediatric research 
and inserting in collaboration with the 
national research institutes and        
national centers that carry out         
activities involving pediatric research2
  7,b7 by striking subparagraph 7,b72   
7,c7 by striking may be comprised of1 as
 appropriate and all that follows       
through the pediatric research consortia
 and inserting may be comprised of1 as  
appropriate1 the pediatric research     
consortia2 and  7,d7 by striking 2 or at
 the end and inserting a period2 and    
7#b7 in paragraph 7#a71 paragraph       
7#b77;,a71 the first sentence of        
paragraph 7#b77;,e71 and paragraph 7#d71
 by striking may each place it appears  
and inserting shall4