The specific language is the authorization for the core program that is in the bill. With regard to health care, what we say is that the proposed nontraditional NIST activities are duplicative of ongoing major government initiatives at other agencies. We are specifically referring to a $2 million new start that was put into the program. We eliminated the new start but we did not in any way impact on the ability to set the standards in the health area.
Scott Walker: “The specific language is the authorization for the core program that is in the bill. With regard to health care, what we…”
On the recordOctober 12, 1995
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Discussing the authorization for a core program related to health care in a bill.
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