To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to change the duration of voluntary service that may be accepted from an individual provided by the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to aid or facilitate the work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from a maximum of two years to until such time as the private funding for such individual ends.

Increase funding for grants to the Foundation.

Allows the Director to provide facilities, utilities, and support services to the Foundation upon a determination that such support would be advantageous to CDC programs.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1569 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1569

  To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the National 
     Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 2005

 Mr. Linder (for himself, Mr. Kingston, and Mr. Waxman) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the National 
     Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND 
              PREVENTION; ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES; FEDERAL 
              FUNDING.

    (a) Authority for Acceptance of Voluntary Services; Striking of 
Two-Year Limit Per Individual.--Section 399G(h)(2)(A) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280e-11(h)(2)(A)) is amended by striking 
the second sentence and inserting the following: ``In the case of an 
individual, such Director may accept the services provided under the 
preceding sentence by the individual until such time as the private 
funding for such individual ends.''.
    (b) Federal Funding.--Section 399G(i) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 280e-11(i)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$500,000'' 
                and inserting ``$2,000,000''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$500,000'' 
                and inserting ``$2,000,000,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following paragraph:
            ``(4) Support services.--The Director of the Centers for 
        Disease Control and Prevention may provide facilities, 
        utilities and support services to the Foundation if it is 
        determined by the Director to be advantageous to the programs 
        of such Centers.''.
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