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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 342

To authorize grants through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 27, 2003

Mr. JOHN (for himself, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. DINGELL, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mr. SHIMKUS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 

CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. WYNN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. KING of New 

York, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. DOYLE, 

Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. RUSH, Mr. BAKER, Mr. KENNEDY

of Minnesota, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. STUPAK, and Mr. FOLEY) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL

To authorize grants through the Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention for mosquito control programs to prevent 

mosquito-borne diseases, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mosquito Abatement 

5 for Safety and Health Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. GRANTS REGARDING PREVENTION OF MOSQUITO2 BORNE DISEASES. 

3 Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.), as amended by section 4 of Public 

5 Law 107–84 and section 312 of Public Law 107–188, is 

6 amended—

7 (1) by transferring section 317R from the cur8 rent placement of the section and inserting the sec9 tion after section 317Q; and 

10 (2) by inserting after section 317R (as so trans11 ferred) the following section: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 317S. MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES; COORDINATION 

13 GRANTS TO STATES; ASSESSMENT AND CON14 TROL GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. 

15 ‘‘(a) COORDINATION GRANTS TO STATES; ASSESS16 MENT GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to mosquito 

18 control programs to prevent and control mosquito19 borne diseases (referred to in this section as ‘control 

20 programs’), the Secretary, acting through the Direc21 tor of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven22 tion, may make grants to States for the purpose 

23 of—

24 ‘‘(A) coordinating control programs in the 

25 State involved; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) assisting such State in making grants 

2 to political subdivisions of the State to conduct 

3 assessments to determine the immediate needs 

4 in such subdivisions for control programs, and 

5 to develop, on the basis of such assessments, 

6 plans for carrying out control programs in the 

7 subdivisions. 

8 ‘‘(2) PREFERENCE IN MAKING GRANTS.—In 

9 making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

10 shall give preference to States that have one or more 

11 political subdivisions with an incidence or prevalence 

12 of mosquito-borne disease, or a population of in13 fected mosquitoes, that is substantial relative to po14 litical subdivisions in other States. 

15 ‘‘(3) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—A grant may 

16 be made under paragraph (1) only if—

17 ‘‘(A) the State involved has developed, or 

18 agrees to develop, a plan for coordinating con19 trol programs in the State, and the plan takes 

20 into account any assessments or plans described 

21 in subsection (b)(3) that have been conducted 

22 or developed, respectively, by political subdivi23 sions in the State; 

24 ‘‘(B) in developing such plan, the State 

25 consulted or will consult (as the case may be 
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1 under subparagraph (A)) with political subdivi2 sions in the State that are carrying out or plan3 ning to carry out control programs; 

4 ‘‘(C) the State agrees to monitor control 

5 programs in the State in order to ensure that 

6 the programs are carried out in accordance with 

7 such plan, with priority given to coordination of 

8 control programs in political subdivisions de9 scribed in paragraph (2) that are contiguous; 

10 ‘‘(D) the State agrees that the State will 

11 make grants to political subdivisions as de12 scribed in paragraph (1)(B), and that such a 

13 grant will not exceed $10,000; and 

14 ‘‘(E) the State agrees that the grant will 

15 be used to supplement, and not supplant, State 

16 and local funds available for the purpose de17 scribed in paragraph (1). 

18 ‘‘(4) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—A grant may 

19 be made under paragraph (1) only if the State in20 volved agrees that, promptly after the end of the fis21 cal year for which the grant is made, the State will 

22 submit to the Secretary a report that—

23 ‘‘(A) describes the activities of the State 

24 under the grant; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) contains an evaluation of whether the 

2 control programs of political subdivisions in the 

3 State were effectively coordinated with each 

4 other, which evaluation takes into account any 

5 reports that the State received under subsection 

6 (b)(5) from such subdivisions. 

7 ‘‘(5) AMOUNT OF GRANT; NUMBER OF

8 GRANTS.—A State may not receive more than one 

9 grant under paragraph (1). 

10 ‘‘(b) PREVENTION AND CONTROL GRANTS TO POLIT11 ICAL SUBDIVISIONS.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

13 through the Director of the Centers for Disease 

14 Control and Prevention, may make grants to polit15 ical subdivisions of States for the operation of con16 trol programs. 

17 ‘‘(2) PREFERENCE IN MAKING GRANTS.—In 

18 making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

19 shall give preference to political subdivisions that—

20 ‘‘(A) have an incidence or prevalence of 

21 mosquito-borne disease, or a population of in22 fected mosquitoes, that is substantial relative to 

23 other political subdivisions;

24 ‘‘(B) demonstrate to the Secretary that the 

25 political subdivisions will, if appropriate to the 
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1 mosquito circumstances involved, effectively co2 ordinate the activities of the control programs 

3 with contiguous political subdivisions; 

4 ‘‘(C) demonstrate to the Secretary (directly 

5 or through State officials) that the State in 

6 which the political subdivision is located has 

7 identified or will identify geographic areas in 

8 the State that have a significant need for con9 trol programs and will effectively coordinate 

10 such programs in such areas; and 

11 ‘‘(D) are located in a State that has re12 ceived a grant under subsection (a). 

13 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT OF ASSESSMENT AND

14 PLAN.—A grant may be made under paragraph (1) 

15 only if the political subdivision involved—

16 ‘‘(A) has conducted an assessment to de17 termine the immediate needs in such subdivi18 sion for a control program, including an ento19 mological survey of potential mosquito breeding 

20 areas; and 

21 ‘‘(B) has, on the basis of such assessment, 

22 developed a plan for carrying out such a pro23 gram. 

24 ‘‘(4) REQUIREMENT OF MATCHING FUNDS.—
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the 

2 costs of a control program to be carried out 

3 under paragraph (1) by a political subdivision, 

4 a grant under such paragraph may be made 

5 only if the subdivision agrees to make available 

6 (directly or through donations from public or 

7 private entities) non-Federal contributions to8 ward such costs in an amount that is not less 

than 1 9 ⁄3 of such costs ($1 for each $2 of Fed10 eral funds provided in the grant). 

11 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT CON12 TRIBUTED.—Non-Federal contributions re13 quired in subparagraph (A) may be in cash or 

14 in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equip15 ment, or services. Amounts provided by the 

16 Federal Government, or services assisted or 

17 subsidized to any significant extent by the Fed18 eral Government, may not be included in deter19 mining the amount of such non-Federal con20 tributions. 

21 ‘‘(C) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive 

22 the requirement established in subparagraph 

23 (A) if the Secretary determines that extraor24 dinary economic conditions in the political sub25 division involved justify the waiver. 
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1 ‘‘(5) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—A grant may 

2 be made under paragraph (1) only if the political 

3 subdivision involved agrees that, promptly after the 

4 end of the fiscal year for which the grant is made, 

5 the subdivision will submit to the Secretary, and to 

6 the State within which the subdivision is located, a 

7 report that describes the control program and con8 tains an evaluation of whether the program was ef9 fective. 

10 ‘‘(6) AMOUNT OF GRANT; NUMBER OF

11 GRANTS.—A grant under paragraph (1) for a fiscal 

12 year may not exceed $100,000. A political subdivi13 sion may not receive more than one grant under 

14 such paragraph. 

15 ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS.—A grant may be 

16 made under subsection (a) or (b) only if an application 

17 for the grant is submitted to the Secretary and the appli18 cation is in such form, is made in such manner, and con19 tains such agreements, assurances, and information as the 

20 Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out this sec21 tion. 

22 ‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Amounts appro23 priated under subsection (f) may be used by the Secretary 

24 to provide training and technical assistance with respect 

25 to the planning, development, and operation of assess-
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1 ments and plans under subsection (a) and control pro2 grams under subsection (b). The Secretary may provide 

3 such technical assistance directly or through awards of 

4 grants or contracts to public and private entities. 

5 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

6 ‘‘(1) The term ‘control program’ has the mean7 ing indicated for such term in subsection (a). 

8 ‘‘(2) The term ‘political subdivision’ means the 

9 local political jurisdiction immediately below the level 

10 of State government, including counties, parishes, 

11 and boroughs. If State law recognizes an entity of 

12 general government that functions in lieu of, and is 

13 not within, a county, parish, or borough, the Sec14 retary may recognize an area under the jurisdiction 

15 of such other entities of general government as a po16 litical subdivision for purposes of this Act. 

17 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 

18 purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 

19 to be appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and 

20 such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 

21 2004 through 2007. In the case of control programs car22 ried out in response to a mosquito-borne disease that con23 stitutes a public health emergency, the authorization of 

24 appropriations under the preceding sentence is in addition 

25 to applicable authorizations of appropriations under the 
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1 Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness 

2 and Response Act of 2002.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. RESEARCH PROGRAM OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 

4 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES. 

5 Subpart 12 of part C of title IV of the Public Health 

6 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285 et seq.) is amended by adding 

7 at the end the following section: 

8 ‘‘METHODS OF CONTROLLING CERTAIN INSECT AND

9 VERMIN POPULATIONS

10 ‘‘SEC. 463B. The Director of the Institute shall con11 duct or support research to identify or develop methods 

12 of controlling insect and vermin populations that transmit 

13 to humans diseases that have significant adverse health 

14 consequences.’’.

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