DESIGNATION OF SENIOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SERVICE IN HONOR OF SILVIO O. CONTE; LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF MEMBERS.

SEC. 2001. DESIGNATION OF SENIOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SERVICE IN HONOR OF SILVIO O. CONTE; LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF MEMBERS. (a) In General.— Section 228(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 237(a)), as added by section 304 of Public Law 101–509, is amended to read as follows: “(a) (1) There shall be in the Public Health Service a Silvio O. Conte Senior Biomedical Research Service, not to exceed 500 members. “(2) The authority established in paragraph (1) regarding the number of members in the Silvio O. Conte Senior Biomedical Research Service is in addition to any authority established regarding the number of members in the commissioned Regular Corps, in the Reserve Corps, and in the Senior Executive Service. Such paragraph may not be construed to require that the number of members in the commissioned Regular Corps, in the Reserve Corps, or in the Senior Executive Service be reduced to offset the number of members serving in the Silvio O. Conte Senior Biomedical Research Service (in this section referred to as the ‘Service’).”, (b) Conforming Amendment.— Section 228 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 237), as added by section 304 of Public Law 101–509, is amended in the heading for the section by amending the heading to read as follows: “silvio o. conte senior biomedical research service”.