,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gce  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bf1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,scott of ,south ,carolina    
7for himself and ,mr4 ,booker7          
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 
to reauthorize a sickle cell disease    
prevention and treatment demonstration  
program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,sickle ,cell       
,disease and ,other ,heritable ,blood   
,disorders ,research1 ,surveillance1    
,prevention1 and ,treatment ,act of     
#bjbe4  #b4 ,sickle cell disease        
prevention and treatment  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #aajf7;b7 of the       
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;b-#e7;b77 is amended--   
7#a7 in paragraph 7#a77;,a77iii71 by    
striking prevention and treatment of    
sickle cell disease and inserting       

treatment of sickle cell disease and the
 prevention and treatment of            
complications of sickle cell disease2   
7#b7 in paragraph 7#b77;,d71 by striking
 prevention and treatment of sickle cell
 disease and inserting treatment of     
sickle cell disease and the prevention  
and treatment of complications of sickle
 cell disease2  7#c7 in paragraph 7#c7--
 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by striking 
enter into a contract with and inserting
 make a grant to1 or enter into a       
contract or cooperative agreement with12
 and  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 in each
 of clauses 7ii7 and 7iii71 by striking 
prevention and treatment of sickle cell 
disease and inserting treatment of      
sickle cell disease and the prevention  
and treatment of complications of sickle
 cell disease2 and  7#d7 in paragraph   
7#f71 by striking #d1dee1jjj for each of
 fiscal years #bjai through #bjbc and   
inserting #h1bje1jjj for each of fiscal 
years #bjbe through #bjbi4  7b7 ,sense  
of ,congress ,it is the sense of        

,congress that further research should  
be undertaken to expand the             
understanding of the causes of1 and to  
find cures for1 heritable blood         
disorders1 including sickle cell        
disease4