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Within the total, the following amounts are provided for the
specified activities above the comparable amount for fiscal year
2004:
$1,758,000 to expand autism surveillance and education
activities;
$250,000 to expand activities related to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome;
$250,000 to expand activities related to Folic Acid;
$657,000 to expand the National Spina Bifida program, including $200,000 to create a National Spina Bifida Clearinghouse and Resource Center;
$500,000 to expand the CDC’s public health education and
research partnership with the Tourette Syndrome Association;
$1,500,000 to expand surveillance and epidemiological efforts of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy, including
$500,000 to begin a coordinated education and outreach initiative through the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy;
$1,394,000 to expand support for the Special Olympics
Healthy Athletes Initiative;
$819,000 to continue and expand programs that translate
clinical rehabilitation programs, including $500,000 to increase
demonstration programs with the Christopher Reeve Paralysis
Foundation;
$1,000,000 to expand the work of the Centers for Birth Defects Research and Prevention and the National Foundation for
Facial Reconstruction related to craniofacial malformation;
$99,000 to expand the activities related to thalassemia
blood safety surveillance; and
$170,000 to expand the work of the Attention Deficit Resource Centers.
In addition, the agreement includes the following amounts for
the new initiatives below as outlined in either the House or Senate
reports:
$1,000,000 to expand and support studies related to Down
Syndrome;
$900,000 to expand activities related to Fragile X;
$900,000 to support the development of pilot projects to expand existing birth defect surveillance systems to include fetal
death data at the Iowa Department of Health and the Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital defects Program; and
$550,000 to establish a public health outreach and surveillance program for Diamond Blackfan anemia.
HEALTH INFORMATION AND SERVICE

The conference agreement includes $95,247,000 for Health Information and Service, instead of $96,523,000 as proposed by the
House and $96,449,000 as proposed by the Senate. In addition,
$134,235,000, to be derived from section 241 evaluation set aside
funds, is included to carry out National Center for Health Statistics
surveys, Public Health Informatics evaluations, and health marketing evaluations.
Within the amount provided, the conference agreement includes $109,021,000 for the National Center for Health Statistics.

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