Requires each locality receiving a grant for a control program to make available matching funds in an amount not less than 1/3 of the cost of the program, unless the Secretary waives the requirement due to extraordinary economic conditions in the locality.
Permits the Secretary, acting through the Director, to make grants to localities for conducting assessments and plans for control programs, and to make grants to States for the purpose of coordinating control programs.
Allows the Secretary to provide training and technical assistance to localities with respect to the planning, development, and operation of control programs and assessments and plans, either directly or through award of grants or contracts to public and private entities.
Requires the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to conduct or support research into methods to control the population of insects that transmit dangerous diseases to humans.
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Food and Drug Administration should comprehensively review its protocols and regulations for screening of blood and platelet donors and their donated specimens and report on the ability of the protocols to protect the blood supply from West Nile virus. Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to: (1) revise protocols and regulations to protect the blood supply and blood supply products from the West Nile virus to the maximum extent possible; and (2) expedite review of appropriate blood screening tests for the West Nile virus.
[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2935 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
107th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2935
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for the
operation of mosquito control programs to prevent and control mosquito-
borne diseases.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 13, 2002
Ms. Landrieu introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants for the
operation of mosquito control programs to prevent and control mosquito-
borne diseases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mosquito Abatement for Safety and
Health Act''.
SEC. 2. GRANTS REGARDING PREVENTION OF MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES.
Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243
et seq.), as amended by section 4 of Public Law 107-84 and section 312
of Public Law 107-188, is amended--
(1) by transferring section 317R so as to appear after
section 317Q; and
(2) by inserting after section 317R (as so transferred) the
following:
``SEC. 317S. MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES; ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL GRANTS TO
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS; COORDINATION GRANTS TO STATES.
``(a) Prevention and Control Grants to Political Subdivisions.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may
make grants to political subdivisions of States for the
operation of mosquito control programs to prevent and control
mosquito-borne diseases (referred to in this section as
`control programs').
``(2) Preference in making grants.--In making grants under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give preference to political
subdivisions that--
``(A) have an incidence or prevalence of mosquito-
borne disease, or a population of infected mosquitoes,
that is substantial relative to other political
subdivisions;
``(B) demonstrate to the Secretary that the
political subdivisions will, if appropriate to the
mosquito circumstances involved, effectively coordinate
the activities of the control programs with contiguous
political subdivisions; and
``(C) demonstrate to the Secretary (directly or
through State officials) that the State in which the
political subdivision is located has identified or will
identify geographic areas in the State that have a
significant need for control programs and will
effectively coordinate such programs in such areas.
``(3) Requirement of assessment and plan.--A grant may be
made under paragraph (1) only if the political subdivision
involved--
``(A) has conducted an assessment to determine the
immediate needs in such subdivision for a control
program, including an entomological survey of potential
mosquito breeding areas; and
``(B) has, on the basis of such assessment,
developed a plan for carrying out such a program.
``(4) Requirement of matching funds.--
``(A) In general.--With respect to the costs of a
control program to be carried out under paragraph (1)
by a political subdivision, a grant under such
paragraph may be made only if the subdivision agrees to
make available (directly or through donations from
public or private entities) non-Federal contributions
toward such costs in an amount that is not less than
\1/3\ of such costs ($1 for each $2 of Federal funds
provided in the grant).
``(B) Determination of amount contributed.--Non-
Federal contributions required in subparagraph (A) may
be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including
plant, equipment, or services. Amounts provided by the
Federal Government, or services assisted or subsidized
to any significant extent by the Federal Government,
may not be included in determining the amount of such
non-Federal contributions.
``(C) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the
requirement established in subparagraph (A) if the
Secretary determines that extraordinary economic
conditions in the political subdivision involved
justify the waiver.
``(5) Reports to secretary.--A grant may be made under
paragraph (1) only if the political subdivision involved agrees
that, promptly after the end of the fiscal year for which the
grant is made, the subdivision will submit to the Secretary,
and to the State within which the subdivision is located, a
report that describes the control program and contains an
evaluation of whether the program was effective.
``(6) Amount of grant; number of grants.--A grant under
paragraph (1) for a fiscal year may not exceed $100,000. A
political subdivision may not receive more than one grant under
such paragraph.
``(b) Assessment Grants to Political Subdivisions.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may
make grants to political subdivisions of States to conduct the
assessments and to develop the plans that are required in
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) as a condition of receiving a
grant under paragraph (1) of such subsection.
``(2) Amount of grant; number of grants.--A grant under
paragraph (1) for a fiscal year may not exceed $10,000. A
political subdivision may not receive more than one grant under
such paragraph.
``(c) Coordination Grants to States.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may
make grants to States for the purpose of coordinating control
programs in the State.
``(2) Preference in making grants.--In making grants under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give preference to States
that have one or more political subdivisions with an incidence
or prevalence of mosquito-borne disease, or a population of
infected mosquitoes, that is substantial relative to political
subdivisions in other States.
``(3) Certain requirements.--A grant may be made under
paragraph (1) only if--
``(A) the State involved has developed, or agrees
to develop, a plan for coordinating control programs in
the State, and the plan takes into account any
assessments or plans described in subsection (a)(3)
that have been conducted or developed, respectively, by
political subdivisions in the State;
``(B) in developing such plan, the State consulted
or will consult (as the case may be under subparagraph
(A)) with political subdivisions in the State that are
carrying out or planning to carry out control programs;
and
``(C) the State agrees to monitor control programs
in the State in order to ensure that the programs are
carried out in accordance with such plan, with priority
given to coordination of control programs in political
subdivisions described in paragraph (2) that are
contiguous.
``(4) Reports to secretary.--A grant may be made under
paragraph (1) only if the State involved agrees that, promptly
after the end of the fiscal year for which the grant is made,
the State will submit to the Secretary a report that--
``(A) describes the activities of the State under
the grant; and
``(B) contains an evaluation of whether the control
programs of political subdivisions in the State were
effectively coordinated with each other, which
evaluation takes into account any reports that the
State received under subsection (a)(5) from such subdivisions.
``(5) Amount of grant; number of grants.--A grant under
paragraph (1) for a fiscal year may not exceed $10,000. A State
may not receive more than one grant under such paragraph.
``(d) Applications for Grants.--A grant may be made under
subsection (a), (b), or (c) only if an application for the grant is
submitted to the Secretary and the application is in such form, is made
in such manner, and contains such agreements, assurances, and
information as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out
this section.
``(e) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary may provide training and
technical assistance with respect to the planning, development, and
operation of control programs under subsection (a) and assessments and
plans under subsection (b). The Secretary may provide such technical
assistance directly or through awards of grants or contracts to public
and private entities.
``(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
``(1) Control program.--The term `control program' has the
meaning indicated for such term in subsection (a)(1).
``(2) Political subdivision.--The term `political
subdivision' means the local political jurisdiction immediately
below the level of State government, including counties,
parishes, and boroughs. If State law recognizes an entity of
general government that functions in lieu of, and is not
within, a county, parish, or borough, the Secretary may
recognize an area under the jurisdiction of such other entities
of general government as a political subdivision for purposes
of this Act.
``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000
for fiscal year 2003, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
fiscal years 2004 through 2007. In the case of control programs carried
out in response to a mosquito-borne disease that constitutes a public
health emergency, the authorization of appropriations under the
preceding sentence is in addition to applicable authorizations of
appropriations under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Act of 2002.''.
SEC. 3. RESEARCH PROGRAM OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SCIENCES.
Subpart 12 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 285 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 463B. METHODS OF CONTROLLING CERTAIN INSECT POPULATIONS.
``The Director of the Institute shall conduct or support research
to identify or develop methods of controlling the population of insects
that transmit to humans diseases that have significant adverse health
consequences.''.
SEC. 4. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE WEST NILE VIRUS.
It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the West Nile virus raises concerns about the safety of
the nation's blood supply and every effort should be made to
protect blood and blood products recipients from infection with
the virus;
(2) the Food and Drug Administration should comprehensively
review its protocols and regulations for screening of blood and
platelet donors and their donated specimens, and report to
Congress on the ability of these protocols to protect the blood
supply from West Nile virus;
(3) on the basis of a review conducted as provided for in
paragraph (2), the Commissioner of Food and Drugs should revise
protocols and regulations to protect the blood supply and blood
products supply from West Nile virus to the maximum extent
possible;
(4) the Commissioner of Food and Drugs should make
recommendations on additional authorities that are needed to
protect the blood supply and blood product supply from the West
Nile virus; and
(5) the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, keeping with
procedures to maximize the protection of the public health,
should expedite review of appropriate blood screening tests for
the West Nile virus.
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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8620)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8620-8621)
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