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 107 STAT. 1614 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 facilities and other relevant Federal personnel may have access to the facility to carry out research. (3) Have demonstrated potential or ability to ensiire the participation of scientific personnel with expertise in research on possible chemical sensitivities to low-level exposure to hazardous chemicals and other substances. (4) Have immediate access to sophisticated physiological imaging (including fimctional brain imaging) and other innovative research technology that could better define the possible health effects of low-level exposure to hazardous chemicals and other substances and lead to new therapies. (e) PARTICIPATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each element of the Department of Defense provides to the medical research institution that is awarded the grant under subsection (b) any information possessed by that element on hazardous agents and materials to which members of the Armed Forces may have been exposed as a result of service in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War and on the effects upon humans of such exposure. To the extent available, the information provided shall include unit designations, locations, and times for those instances in which such exposure is alleged to have occurred. (f) REPORTS TO CONGRESS. —Not later than October 1, 1994, and annually thereafter for the period that research described in subsection (b) is being carried out at the facility constructed with the grant made under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results during the year preceding the report of the research and studies carried out under the grant. SEC. 271. RESEARCH ON EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM BY MILI- TARY PERSONNEL WHO SERVED IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR. (a) GRANT TO SUPPORT RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTS OF DEPLETED URANIUM. —From the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in fiscal year 1994 for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to make a competitive award of a grant in the amount of $1,700,000 to a medical research institution for the purpose of studying the possible health effects of battlefield exposure to depleted uranium, including exposure through ingestion, inhalation, or bodily injury. The selection of the institution to which the grant is awarded shall be made in accordance with established defense acquisition procedures. (b) {^SEARCH PROGRAM.—The research to be conducted at the facility for which a grant is made under subsection (a) shall explore the possible short-term and long-term health effects of exposure to depleted uranium, including exposure through ingestion, inhalation, or bodily injury, and the individual susceptibility of service personnel to such exposure. Such research shall focus on (but not be limited to) persons who may have been exposed to depleted uranium while serving on active duty in the theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War. The specific objectives of the study shall include investigation of the pathology of depleted uranium fragments under controlled conditions, including—

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