Dear ALL,

This is what we are fighting for! We need more senators signed on urgently!
Contact your senators today by phone calls both DC and state offices and
emails and faxes. IT is going to be top of Agenda when they return to DC so it
is now do or die time for the veterans to get their Senators to totally
support this effort. WE need focused attention on this for the future of getting
gulf war veterans the diagnostic and treatment modalities needed! Please we
need everyone pulling together for this effort NOW!

Make the calls now! Meet with your senators while they are still home! We
need more cosponsors on this effort!

Sincerely,
Denise
DSNurse

S.AMDT.2060
Amends: _H.R.1585_ (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR01585:)
Sponsor: _Sen Sanders, Bernard_
(http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Sen+Sanders++Bernard))+01010))) [VT]
(submitted 7/10/2007)
AMENDMENT PURPOSE: Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed
for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
TEXT OF AMENDMENT AS SUBMITTED: CR _S8960_
(http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r110:FLD001:S08960)
COSPONSORS(4):
_Sen Byrd, Robert C._
(http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Byrd++Robert+C.))+01299))) [WV] - 7/10/2007
_Sen Feingold, Russell D._
(http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Feingold++Russell+D.))+01331))) [WI] -
7/10/2007
_Sen Kerry, John F._
(http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Kerry++John+F.))+01379))) [MA] - 7/11/2007
_Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey_
(http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Hutchison++Kay+Bailey))+01368))) [TX] -
7/16/2007


SA 2060. Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Byrd, and Mr. Feingold) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department
of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the end of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 703. PROGRAM OF RESEARCH ON DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ILLNESSES
INCURRED IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR.
(a) Program Required.--
(1) IN GENERAL.--The Army Medical Research and Materiel Command shall carry
out, as part of its Medical Research Program, a program of research on the
diagnosis and treatment of illnesses incurred by members of the Armed Forces
during service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations in the early 1990s
during the Persian Gulf War.
(2) DESIGNATION.--The program required by this section shall be known as the
``Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Research Program''.
(3) PURPOSE.--The purpose of the program shall be to develop diagnostic
markers and treatments for the complex of symptoms commonly known as ``Gulf War
Illnesses (GWI)'', including widespread pain, cognitive impairment, and
persistent fatigue in conjunction with diverse other symptoms and abnormalities,
that are associated with service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations in
the early 1990s during the Persian Gulf War.
(b) Program Activities.--Activities under the program required by this
section shall include the following:
(1) Research activities on the chronic effects of exposures to neurotoxins
associated with service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations in the
early 1990s during the Persian Gulf War, body functions underlying illnesses
associated with exposure to such neurotoxins, and the identification of
treatments for such illnesses.
(2) Pilot studies of treatments for the complex of symptoms described in
subsection (a)(3) and comprehensive clinical trials of such treatments that have
demonstrated effectiveness in previous past pilot studies, in the conduct of
which treatments and trials--
(A) highest priority shall be afforded to studies and trials to identify and
develop effective biological markers and treatments for such complex of
symptoms;
(B) secondary priority shall be afforded to studies and trials that identify
biological mechanisms underlying such complex of symptoms and can lead to
the identification and development of such markers; and treatments; and
(C) no study shall be conducted on a psychiatric or psychological basis for
such complex of symptoms (as is consistent with current research findings).
(c) Solicitation and Evaluation of Program Activities.--
(1) SOLICITATION.--In providing for the conduct of activities under the
program required by this section, the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
shall distribute broad solicitations and announcements of requests for
proposals for such activities among governmental and non-governmental entities.
(2) PEER REVIEW.--In selecting activities to be conducted under the program,
the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command shall utilize a peer review
process for the identification of activities having the most substantial
scientific merit.
(3) UTILIZATION OF EXPERT SERVICES.--In preparing solicitations and
announcements under paragraph (1), and in conducting peer review under paragraph (2),
the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command shall, to the extent
practicable, utilize the services of individuals with recognized expertise in the
complex of symptoms described in subsection (a)(3).
(d) Consultation.--The Army Medical Research and Materiel Command shall
carry out the program required by this section in close consultation with the
advisory committee established under section 707(b) of the Persian Gulf War
Veterans' Health Status Act (title VII of Public Law 102-585; 38 U.S.C. 527
note).
(e) Funding.--
(1) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM.--The amount authorized to
be appropriated by section 1403 for Defense Health Program is hereby
increased by $30,000,000.
(2) AVAILABILITY.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section
1403 for Defense Health Program, as increased by paragraph (1), $30,000,000 may
be available for the program required by this section.