[H.R. 5576, introduced by Mr. Ashley on March 14, 1973; H.R. 5582, introduced by Mr. Casey of Texas on March 14, 1973; H.R. 5785, introduced by Mr. Harrington (for himself, Ms. Abzug, Mr. Badillo, Mr. Burton, Ms. Chisholm, Mr. Cronin, Mr. de Lugo, Mr. Drinan, Mr. Eilberg, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Hechler of West Virginia, Mr. Helstoski, Miss Jordan, Mr. Mitchell of Maryland, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Murphy of New York, and Mr. Nedzi) on March 19, 1973; and H.R. 5786, introduced by Mr. Harrington (for himself, Mr. Owens, Mr. Price of Illinois, Mr. Podell, Mr. Roe, Mr. Rosenthal, Mr. Roybal, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schroeder, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Stark, Mr. Tiernan, Mr. Waldie, Mr. Wolff, Mr. Won Pat, and Mr. Yatron) on March 19, 1973, are similar as follows:] A BILL To provide for accelerated research and development in the care and treatment of autistic children, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Autistic Children 4 Research Act". AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT 5 6 SEC. 2. Part E of the Public Health Service Act is 7 amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 8 "RESEARCH PROGRAM ON AUTISM 9 "SEC. 446. (a) The Director of the National Institute 10 of Child Health and Human Development shall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2 "(1) plan and develop a coordinated autism re search program encompassing the programs of the National Institutes of Health and related programs of other research institutes, and other Federal and non Federal programs; "(2) collect, analyze, and disseminate all data useful in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of autism; and "(3) establish comprehensive, coordinated diagnostic and evaluation procedures that provide for early detection and effective guidance for autistic children. "(b) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 13 out the purposes of this section such suns as may be 14 necessary. 15 "LEARNING AND CARE CENTERS 16 "SEC. 447. (a) The Secretary may make grants, loans, 17 and loan guarantees to any public or private nonprofit 18 entity operating or proposing to operate a residential or 19 nonresidential center with education programs for autistic 20 children. 21 "(b) A grant, loan, or loan guarantee under this sec22 tion may be made only after the Secretary approves a 23 plan submitted by such entity submitted in such form and 24 containing such information as the Secretary may require. 3 1 "(c) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 2 out the provisions of this section $500,000 for fiscal year 3 1974 and $5,000,000 per annum for fiscal years 1975, 4 1976, 1977, and 1978. 5 "(d) For the purposes of this section and section 446 6 the term 'autistic' means severe disorders of communica7 tion and behavior such as infantile absorption in fantasy 8 as escape from reality, childhood schizophrenia, and other 9 child psychoses.' EDITOR'S NOTE: H.R. 5785 and H.R. 5786 have a different subparagraph (d) on page 3 as follows: "(d) For the purposes of this section and section 446 the term 'autistic' means, but is not limited to, those afflicted with infantile autism (Kanner's syndrome), profound aphasia, childhood psychosis, or any other condition characterized by severe deficits in language ability and behavior and by the lack of ability to relate appropriately to others." [H.R. 8861, introduced by Mrs. Burke of California on June 20, 1973; H.R. 9365, introduced by Mrs. Burke of California (for herself, Mr. Kyros, Mr. Young of Georgia, Ms. Grasso, Mr. Hansen of Idaho, and Mr. Drinan) on July 18, 1973; H.R. 9818, introduced by Mrs. Burke of California (for herself, Mr. Corman, Mr. Frenzel, Miss Jordan, Mr. Matsunaga, Mr. Steelman, and Mr. Stokes) on August 2, 1973; and H.R. 10154, introduced by Mrs. Burke of California (for herself, Mr. Biester, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Diggs) on September 11, 1973, are identical as follows:] A BILL To amend the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community 5 of 1963 (42 U.S.C. 2691) is amended by inserting 93D CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 6589 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 4, 1973 Mr. STAGGERS (for himself and Mr. DEVINE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce A BILL To provide for the extension of the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Developmental Dis 4 abilities Amendments of 1973". 5 6 EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS SEC. 2. (a) Section 121 (a) of the Developmental Dis7 abilities Services and Facilities Construction Act is amended 8 by inserting after the first sentence thereof the following new 9 sentence: "There are also authorized to be appropriated for 10 such purpose such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal |