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 104 STAT. 3282 PUBLIC LAW 101-616—NOV. 16, 1990 42 USC 274/. "SEC. 379A. STUDY BY THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE. "(a) IN GENERAL.— The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study that evaluates— "(1) the costs and benefits of the search process for an unrelated bone marrow donor among different marrow donor registries; "(2) the extent to which marrow donor registries protect donor confidentiality; "(3) the relationship between the Registry, individual marow donor centers, and other marrow donor registries; "(4) the effectiveness and appropriateness of policies and procedures of marrow donor centers, marrow transplant centers, and marrow donor registries, including— "(A) the process of donor recruitment, including the policy of asking each donor whether the donor would want to donate more than one time; "(B) the maintenance and updating of donor files; and "(C) the policy of initially typing donors for A/B antigens only instead of initially typing for both A/B and D/R antigens; "(5) the ability of the marrow donor registries to incorporate changes in medical research and clinical practice; and "(6) the costs associated with tissue typing. "(b) REPORT.— Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this part, the Comptroller General shall complete the study required under subsection (a) and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate a report describing the findings made by the study and recommendations for legislative reform.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 373 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 274a) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking "and Bone Marrow Resristrv' (2) by striking "(a)"; and (3) by striking out subsection (b). 42 USC 274k SEC. 102. SAVINGS PROVISIONS. "°• (a) IN GENERAL.—T h is title, and the amendments made by this title, shall not affect any legal document, including any order, regulation, grant, or contract, in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, or any administrative proceeding or lawsuit pending on the date, that relates to the bone marrow registry established under section 373(b) of the Public Health Service Act (as it existed before the amendment made by section 101(b) of this Act). (b) CONTINUED EFFECT.— A legal document described in subsection (a) or an order issued in a lawsuit described in subsection (a) shall continue in effect until modified, terminated, or revoked. (c) PROCEEDINGS.— In any administrative proceeding or lawsuit described in subsection (a), parties shall take appeals, and officials shall hold proceedings and render judgments, in the same manner and with the same effect as if this title had not been enacted.

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