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S. 540 (98th)

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Act of 1984

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

22 February 1983

Last action

31 October 1984 · President

Status

Pocket Vetoed by President.

Sponsors

Sen. Goldwater, Barry [R-AZ], Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID], Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ], Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE], Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND], Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI], Sen. Simpson, Alan K. [R-WY], Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD], Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA], Sen. Rudman, Warren [R-NH], Sen. Humphrey, Gordon J. [R-NH], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI], Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA], Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR], Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT], Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC], Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX], Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH], Sen. Randolph, Jennings [D-WV], Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH], Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL], Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY], Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA], Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA], Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC], Sen. Hart, Gary W. [D-CO], Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV], Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL], Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN], Sen. Jepsen, Roger W. [R-IA], Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI], Sen. Mattingly, Mack [R-GA], Sen. Andrews, Mark [R-ND], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE], Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL], Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT], Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS], Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

21 April 2025

Healthcare

Summary

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Act of 1983 - Amends title IV (National Research Institutes) of the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Institute (Institute) of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases in the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Redesignates the existing National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases as the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. States that the Institute shall conduct research and related activities concerning arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases, including sports-related disorders and skin diseases. Requires the Director of the Institute, with the advice of the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Advisory Council, to establish within 180 days a national plan to coordinate such activities. Requires an annual evaluation of the skin diseases programs. Establishes within the Institute: (1) the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Data System; and (2) the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986. Establishes within the Institute: (1) an Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee; and (2) a Skin Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee. Requires annual reports to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and to the Director of NIH. Establishes within the Institute a National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Advisory Council. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986 for arthritis and musculoskeletal demonstration projects and multipurpose disease centers. Requires the Institute to submit a biennial report. Transfers arthritis-related functions (including data system, advisory functions, coordinating functions, demonstration project, and multipurpose center), funds, personnel, and assets to the Institute from the existing National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees and to the Comptroller General within 60 days regarding such transfers. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the appropriate congressional committees within 80 days regarding such transfers. Terminates the National Arthritis Advisory Board. Makes conforming amendments. Requires the Secretary, through NIH, to conduct a study of the existing combinations of disease research programs within the institutes and of the standards to be followed in establishing new or realigning existing institutes. Requires a report to the appropriate congressional committees within 18 months. Prohibits the establishment of any new institutes within six months of such report's submission. Directs the Secretary to conduct and complete within 60 days a review of the disease research programs of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (as redesignated by this Act) to determine if any of these programs could be more effectively managed by other national research institutions.

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Timeline

  1. 22 February 1983

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 22 February 1983

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 1 March 1983

    Committee

    Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, GAO, OMB.

    Source: Committee

  4. 22 May 1984

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 913.

    Source: Calendars

  5. 22 May 1984

    Discharge

    Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: Discharge

  6. 22 May 1984

    Committee

    Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: Committee

  7. 24 May 1984

    Floor

    Considered by Senate.

    Source: Floor

  8. 24 May 1984

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

  9. 5 June 1984

    ResolvingDifferences

    House Requested a Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Dingell, Waxman, Scheuer, Broyhill, Madigan.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  10. 5 June 1984

    ResolvingDifferences

    House Insisted on its Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  11. 5 June 1984

    NotUsed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Insisted on its Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: NotUsed

  12. 5 June 1984

    Passed

    Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

  13. 5 June 1984

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

  14. 5 June 1984

    Floor

    House Incorporated H.R.2350 as an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to S.540.

    Source: Floor

  15. 5 June 1984

    Floor

    Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: Floor

  16. 21 September 1984

    Passed

    Senate agreed to request for conference. Appointed conferees. Hatch; Quayle; Denton; Kennedy; Matsunaga. (Senators Hatch; Denton; Nickles; Kennedy and Matsunaga for issues related to Fetal Research.).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  17. 21 September 1984

    Passed

    Senate disagreed to the House amendments. By Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

  18. 21 September 1984

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate disagreed to the House amendments. By Voice Vote.

    Source: NotUsed

  19. 5 October 1984

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference Report 98-1155 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  20. 5 October 1984

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed: Conference Report 98-1155 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  21. 9 October 1984

    Passed

    Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  22. 9 October 1984

    Passed

    Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  23. 9 October 1984

    Passed

    House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  24. 9 October 1984

    Passed

    Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  25. 9 October 1984

    Floor

    Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.

    Source: Floor

  26. 18 October 1984

    Floor

    Measure Signed in Senate.

    Source: Floor

  27. 19 October 1984

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

  28. 19 October 1984

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

  29. 31 October 1984

    President

    Pocket Vetoed by President.

    Source: President

  30. 31 October 1984

    President

    Pocket Vetoed by President.

    Source: President

Votes

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Documents

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  • Conference report filed in House

    summary · EN · 5 October 1984

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  • Passed House amended

    summary · EN · 5 June 1984

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  • Passed Senate amended

    summary · EN · 24 May 1984

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  • Introduced in Senate

    summary · EN · 22 February 1983

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