(a) Construction, purchase, and operation of fixed-site and
mobile clinical facilities
The Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to
enter into contracts with, and make grants to, public and private
agencies and organizations and individuals for the construction,
purchase, and operation of fixed-site and mobile clinical
facilities for the analysis, examination, and treatment of
respiratory and pulmonary impairments in active and inactive coal
miners. The Secretary shall coordinate the making of such
contracts and grants with the Appalachian Regional Commission.
(b) Research activities
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall initiate
research within the National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health, and is authorized to make research grants to public
and private agencies and organizations and individuals for the
purpose of devising simple and effective tests to measure,
detect, and treat respiratory and pulmonary impairments in active
and inactive coal miners. Any grant made pursuant to this
subsection shall be conditioned upon all information, uses,
products, processes, patents, and other developments resulting
from such research being available to the general public, except
to the extent of such exceptions and limitations as the Secretary
of Health and Human Services may deem necessary in the public
interest.
(c) Authorization of appropriations
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the purpose
of subsection (a) of this section $10,000,000 for each fiscal
year. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the
purposes of subsection (b) of this section such sums as are
necessary.
