PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.

SEC. 1303. PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. (a) Interagency Program.—Section 1261(d)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-61(d)(4)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking “degree of injury” and inserting “degree of brain injury”; (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking “acute injury” and inserting “acute brain injury”; and (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking “injury treatment” and inserting “brain injury treatment”. (b) Definition.—Section 1261(h)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-61(h)(4)) is amended— (1) in the second sentence, by striking “anoxia due to near drowning.” and inserting “anoxia due to trauma.”; and (2) in the third sentence, by inserting before the period the following: “, after consultation with States and other appropriate public or nonprofit private entities”. (c) Research on Cognitive and Neurobehavioral Disorders Arising From Traumatic Brain Injury.—Section 1261(d)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-61(d)(4)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking “and” after the semicolon at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(E) carrying out subparagraphs (A) through (D) with respect to cognitive disorders and neurobehavioral consequences arising from traumatic brain injury, including the development, modification, and evaluation of therapies and programs of rehabilitation toward reaching or restoring 114 STAT. 1139normal capabilities in areas such as reading, comprehension, speech, reasoning, and deduction.”. (d) Authorization of Appropriations.—Section 1261 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-61) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(i) Authorization of Appropriations.—For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005”.