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 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1699 into consideration the anticipated size and composition of the Armed Forces in the year 2000 and the demographics of the entire United States. (d) SUBMISSION AND REVISION. —The Secretary shall submit to Congress the report required by subsection (a) not later than October 1, 1994. The Secretary shall revise and resubmit the report to Congress not later than October 1, 1999. (e) DEFINITIONS. — For purposes of this section: (1) The term "primary and preventive health care services for women" has the meaning given that term in section 1074d(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 701(a)). (2) The term "covered beneficiary has the meaning given that term in section 1072(5) of such title. SEC. 736. INDEPENDENT STUDY OF CONDUCT OF MEDICAL STUDY BY ARCTIC AEROMEDICAL LABORATORY, LADD AIR FORCE BASE, ALASKA. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR STUDY. —The Secretary of Defense shall provide, in accordance with this section, for an independent study of the conduct of a series of medical studies performed during or prior to 1957 by the Air Force Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory, Ladd Air Force Base, /daska. The series of medical studies referred to in the preceding sentence was designed to study thyroid activity in men exposed to cold and involved the administration of a radioactive isotope (Iodine 131) to certain Alaska Natives. (b) CONDUCT OF REQUIRED STUDY. — The independent study required by subsection (a) shall be conducted by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences or a similar organization. The study shall, at a minimum, include the consideration of the following matters: (1) Whether the series of medical studies referred to in subsection (a) was conducted in accordance with generally accepted guidelines for the use of human participants in medical experimentation. (2) Whether Iodine 131 dosages in the series of medical studies were administered in accordance with radiation exposure standards generally accepted as of 1957 and with radiation exposure standards generally accepted as of 1993. (3) The guidelines that should have been followed in the conduct of the series of medical studies, including sidelines regarding notification of participants about any possible risks. (4) Whether subsequent studies of the participants should have been provided for and conducted to determine whether any participants suffered long term ill effects of the administration of Iodine 131 and, in the case of such ill effects, needed medical care for such effects. (c) DIRECT OR INDIRECT DOD INVOLVEMENT. — The Secretary may provide for the conduct of the independent study required by subsection (a) either— (1) by entering into an agreement with an independent organization referred to in subsection (b) to conduct the study; or (2) by transferring to the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the head of another department or agency of the Federal Government the funds necessary to carry out the study in accordance with subsection (b).

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