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 PUBLIC LAW 105-392—NOV. 13, 1998 112 STAT. 3585 (b) AUTHORIZATION FOR NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATIS- TICS.— Section 306 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242k) is amended— (1) in subsection (m), by adding at the end the following: "(4)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary, acting through the Center, shall collect data on Hispanics and major Hispanic subpopulation groups and American Indians, and for developing special area population studies on major Asian American and Pacific Islander populations. "(B) The provisions of subparagraph (A) shall be effective with respect to a fiscal year only to the extent that funds are appropriated pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection (n), and only if the amounts appropriated for such fiscal year pursuant to each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (n) equal or exceed the amounts so appropriated for fiscal year 1997."; (2) in subsection (n)(l), by striking "through 1998" and inserting "through 2003"; and (3) in subsection (n)— (A) in the first sentence of paragraph (2)— (i) by striking "authorized in subsection (m)" and inserting "authorized in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (m)"; and (ii) by striking "$5,000,000" and all that follows through the period and inserting "such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003. "; and (B) by adding at the end the following: "(3) For activities authorized in subsection (m)(4), there are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2002.". (c) MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS.— Section 1707 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u-6) is amended— (1) in the heading for the section by striking "ESTABLISH- MENT OF"; and (2) in subsection (a), by striking "Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health" and inserting "Office of Public Health and Science". TITLE III—SELECTED INITIATIVES SEC. 301. STATE OFFICES OF RURAL HEALTH. Section 338J of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254r) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking "in cash"; and (2) in subsection (j)(l)— (A) by striking "and" after "1992,"; and (B) by inserting before the period the following: ", and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1998 through 2002"; and (3) in subsection (k), by striking "$10,000,000" and inserting "$36,000,000".

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