108TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 342

AN ACT

To authorize grants through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for mosquito control

programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases,and for other purposes.

108TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 342

AN ACT

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

3 for Safety and Health Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. GRANTS REGARDING PREVENTION OF MOSQUITO5 BORNE DISEASES.

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

7 (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.), as amended by section 4 of Public

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

9 amended—

10 (1) by transferring section 317R from the cur11 rent placement of the section and inserting the sec12 tion after section 317Q; and

13 (2) by inserting after section 317R (as so trans14 ferred) the following section:

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

16 GRANTS TO STATES; ASSESSMENT AND CON17 TROL GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.

18 ‘‘(a) COORDINATION GRANTS TO STATES; ASSESS19 MENT GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.—

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

21 control programs to prevent and control mosquito22 borne diseases (referred to in this section as ‘control

23 programs’), the Secretary, acting through the Direc24 tor of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven25 tion, may make grants to States for the purpose

26 of—
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1 ‘‘(A) coordinating control programs in the

2 State involved; and

3 ‘‘(B) assisting such State in making grants

4 to political subdivisions of the State to conduct

5 assessments to determine the immediate needs

6 in such subdivisions for control programs, and

7 to develop, on the basis of such assessments,

8 plans for carrying out control programs in the

9 subdivisions.

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

11 making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary

12 shall give preference to States that have one or more

13 political subdivisions with an incidence or prevalence

14 of mosquito-borne disease, or a population of in15 fected mosquitoes, that is substantial relative to po16 litical subdivisions in other States.

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

18 be made under paragraph (1) only if—

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

20 agrees to develop, a plan for coordinating con21 trol programs in the State, and the plan takes

22 into account any assessments or plans described

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

24 or developed, respectively, by political subdivi25 sions in the State;
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1 ‘‘(B) in developing such plan, the State

2 consulted or will consult (as the case may be

3 under subparagraph (A)) with political subdivi4 sions in the State that are carrying out or plan5 ning to carry out control programs;

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

7 programs in the State in order to ensure that

8 the programs are carried out in accordance with

9 such plan, with priority given to coordination of

10 control programs in political subdivisions de11 scribed in paragraph (2) that are contiguous;

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

13 make grants to political subdivisions as de14 scribed in paragraph (1)(B), and that such a

15 grant will not exceed $10,000; and

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

17 be used to supplement, and not supplant, State

18 and local funds available for the purpose de19 scribed in paragraph (1).

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

21 be made under paragraph (1) only if the State in22 volved agrees that, promptly after the end of the fis23 cal year for which the grant is made, the State will

24 submit to the Secretary a report that—
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1 ‘‘(A) describes the activities of the State

2 under the grant; and

3 ‘‘(B) contains an evaluation of whether the

4 control programs of political subdivisions in the

5 State were effectively coordinated with each

6 other, which evaluation takes into account any

7 reports that the State received under subsection

8 (b)(5) from such subdivisions.

9 ‘‘(5) AMOUNT OF GRANT; NUMBER OF

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

11 grant under paragraph (1).

12 ‘‘(b) PREVENTION AND CONTROL GRANTS TO POLIT13 ICAL SUBDIVISIONS.—

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

15 through the Director of the Centers for Disease

16 Control and Prevention, may make grants to polit17 ical subdivisions of States for the operation of con18 trol programs.

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

20 making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary

21 shall give preference to political subdivisions that—

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

23 mosquito-borne disease, or a population of in24 fected mosquitoes, that is substantial relative to

25 other political subdivisions;
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1 ‘‘(B) demonstrate to the Secretary that the

2 political subdivisions will, if appropriate to the

3 mosquito circumstances involved, effectively co4 ordinate the activities of the control programs

5 with contiguous political subdivisions;

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

7 or through State officials) that the State in

8 which the political subdivision is located has

9 identified or will identify geographic areas in

10 the State that have a significant need for con11 trol programs and will effectively coordinate

12 such programs in such areas; and

13 ‘‘(D) are located in a State that has re14 ceived a grant under subsection (a).

15 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT OF ASSESSMENT AND

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

17 only if the political subdivision involved—

18 ‘‘(A) has conducted an assessment to de19 termine the immediate needs in such subdivi20 sion for a control program, including an ento21 mological survey of potential mosquito breeding

22 areas; and

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

24 developed a plan for carrying out such a pro25 gram.
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1 ‘‘(4) REQUIREMENT OF MATCHING FUNDS.—

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the

3 costs of a control program to be carried out

4 under paragraph (1) by a political subdivision,

5 a grant under such paragraph may be made

6 only if the subdivision agrees to make available

7 (directly or through donations from public or

8 private entities) non-Federal contributions to9 ward such costs in an amount that is not less

than 1 10 ⁄3 of such costs ($1 for each $2 of Fed11 eral funds provided in the grant).

12 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT CON13 TRIBUTED.—Non-Federal contributions re14 quired in subparagraph (A) may be in cash or

15 in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equip16 ment, or services. Amounts provided by the

17 Federal Government, or services assisted or

18 subsidized to any significant extent by the Fed19 eral Government, may not be included in deter20 mining the amount of such non-Federal con21 tributions.

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

23 the requirement established in subparagraph

24 (A) if the Secretary determines that extraor-
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1 dinary economic conditions in the political sub2 division involved justify the waiver.

3 ‘‘(5) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—A grant may

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

5 subdivision involved agrees that, promptly after the

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

7 the subdivision will submit to the Secretary, and to

8 the State within which the subdivision is located, a

9 report that describes the control program and con10 tains an evaluation of whether the program was ef11 fective.

12 ‘‘(6) AMOUNT OF GRANT; NUMBER OF

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

14 year may not exceed $100,000. A political subdivi15 sion may not receive more than one grant under

16 such paragraph.

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

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

19 for the grant is submitted to the Secretary and the appli20 cation is in such form, is made in such manner, and con21 tains such agreements, assurances, and information as the

22 Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out this sec23 tion.

24 ‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Amounts appro25 priated under subsection (f) may be used by the Secretary
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1 to provide training and technical assistance with respect

2 to the planning, development, and operation of assess3 ments and plans under subsection (a) and control pro4 grams under subsection (b). The Secretary may provide

5 such technical assistance directly or through awards of

6 grants or contracts to public and private entities.

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

8 ‘‘(1) The term ‘control program’ has the mean9 ing indicated for such term in subsection (a).

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

11 local political jurisdiction immediately below the level

12 of State government, including counties, parishes,

13 and boroughs. If State law recognizes an entity of

14 general government that functions in lieu of, and is

15 not within, a county, parish, or borough, the Sec16 retary may recognize an area under the jurisdiction

17 of such other entities of general government as a po18 litical subdivision for purposes of this Act.

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

20 purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized

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

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

23 2004 through 2007. In the case of control programs car24 ried out in response to a mosquito-borne disease that con25 stitutes a public health emergency, the authorization of
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1 appropriations under the preceding sentence is in addition

2 to applicable authorizations of appropriations under the

3 Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness

4 and Response Act of 2002.’’.

5 SEC. 3. RESEARCH PROGRAM OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

6 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES.

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

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

9 at the end the following section:

10 ‘‘METHODS OF CONTROLLING CERTAIN INSECT AND

11 VERMIN POPULATIONS

12 ‘‘SEC. 463B. The Director of the Institute shall con13 duct or support research to identify or develop methods

14 of controlling insect and vermin populations that transmit

15 to humans diseases that have significant adverse health

16 consequences.’’.

Passed the House of Representatives March 12,

2003.

Attest:

Clerk.