To authorize grants through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases.

Summary: Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to make grants to political subdivisions of States ("localities") for the operation of mosquito control programs to prevent and control mosquito-borne diseases. Directs the Secretary to give preference in issuing the grants to certain types of localities, including those that have a high incidence of mosquito-borne disease or a substantial population of infected mosquitoes.Allows grants for control programs only to localities that have: (1) conducted an assessment of the needs for a program, with such assessment including an entomological survey of potential mosquito breeding areas; and (2) developed, based on the assessment, a plan for carrying out a control program. 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. Allows the Secretary to waive the matching requirement in the case of extraordinary economic conditions in a locality. Requires a locality receiving a grant to submit a report to the Secretary and to the State in which the locality is located describing the control program and its effectiveness. Limits the amount of a grant for a control program to a maximum of $100,000 for one year, and prohibits a locality from receiving more than one such grant.Permits the Secretary, acting through the Director, to make grants, not to exceed $10,000 for one year, to localities for conducting assessments and plans for control programs. Limits the number of such grants a locality may receive to one.Allows the Secretary, acting through the Director, to make grants to States for the purpose of coordinating control programs, with preference for States that have one or more localities with high incidences of mosquito-borne disease or with substantial populations of infected mosquitoes.Requires States receiving grants to: (1) have developed, or to have agreed to develop, a plan for coordinating control programs in the State which takes into account any assessments or plans for control programs that have been conducted or developed in the State; (2) agree to monitor control programs in the State to ensure they are carried out in accordance with such plan; and (3) submit a report to the Secretary describing the activities of the State under the grant and evaluating whether the control programs of localities were effectively coordinated with each other. Limits such a grant to a maximum of $10,000 for one year, and prohibits a State from receiving more than one grant.Permits 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.Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 3) 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.

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 from the current placement 
        of the section and inserting the section after section 317Q; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after section 317R (as so transferred) the 
        following section:

``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) The term `control program' has the meaning indicated 
        for such term in subsection (a)(1).
            ``(2) 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 
section:

          ``methods of controlling certain insect populations

    ``Sec. 463B. 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.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 1, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.