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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1319

To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the program of grants

regarding the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases,

and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 29 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mrs. KASSEBAUM, Mr. DODD, and Mr.

WELLSTONE) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the program of grants regarding the prevention and control

of sexually transmitted 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 ‘‘Sexually Transmitted

5 Diseases Amendments of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM OF GRANTS REGARDING

2 PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF SEXUALLY

3 TRANSMITTED DISEASES.

4 (a) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 318(d)(1) of

5 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247c(d)(1)) is

6 amended in the first sentence—

7 (1) by striking ‘‘(b) and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)

8 and (c) of this section and section 318B’’; and

9 (2) by striking ‘‘there are authorized’’ and all

10 that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘there are

11 authorized to be appropriated $132,000,000 for fis12 cal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary

13 for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998.’’.

14 (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 318 of the

15 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247c) is amended—

16 (1) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘, and’’

17 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

18 (2) in subsection (d)(5)—

19 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking

20 ‘‘form, or’’ and inserting ‘‘form; or’’; and

21 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘pur22 poses,’’ and inserting ‘‘purposes;’’.

23 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM REGARDING PREVENT24 ABLE CASES OF INFERTILITY ARISING AS RE25 SULT OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.

26 (a) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—
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1 (1) AMENDATORY INSTRUCTIONS.—Section 304

2 of Public Law 102–531 (106 Stat. 3490) is amend3 ed—

4 (A) by striking ‘‘Part A of title III’’ and

5 inserting ‘‘Part B of title III’’; and

6 (B) by striking ‘‘241 et seq.’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘243 et seq.’’.

8 (2) CROSS-REFERENCE.—Section 318A of the

9 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247c–1), as

10 added by section 304 of Public Law 102–531 (106

11 Stat. 3490), is amended in subsection (o)(2) by

12 striking ‘‘subsection (s)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection

13 (q)’’.

14 (b) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 318A of the

15 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247c–1), as added

16 by section 304 of Public Law 102–531 (106 Stat. 3490),

17 is amended—

18 (1) in subsection (q), by striking ‘‘and 1995’’

19 and inserting ‘‘through 1998’’; and

20 (2) in subsection (r)(2), by striking ‘‘through

21 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘through 1998’’.
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1 SEC. 4. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE ACCELERATED

2 PREVENTION CAMPAIGNS.

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

4 is amended by inserting after section 318A (42 U.S.C.

5 247c-1) the following new section:

6 ‘‘SEC. 318B. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE ACCELER7 ATED PREVENTION CAMPAIGNS.

8 ‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary is authorized to award

9 grants to States and political subdivisions of States for

10 the development, implementation, and evaluation of inno11 vative, interdisciplinary approaches to the prevention and

12 control of sexually transmitted diseases and their sequelae

13 by—

14 ‘‘(1) expanding access to sexually transmitted

15 disease services through collaborations with other

16 public health programs and with nongovernmental

17 partners;

18 ‘‘(2) implementing community-based behavioral

19 interventions to prevent disease transmission; and

20 ‘‘(3) establishing collaborations between health

21 departments and university-based experts to

22 strengthen sexually transmitted diseases prevention

23 programs.

24 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant

25 under subsection (a), a State or political subdivision of

26 a State, shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an ap-
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1 plication at such time, in such manner, and containing

2 such information as the Secretary may require.

3 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under sub4 section (a), the Secretary shall give priority to applications

5 that seek to conduct activities with grant funds that focus

6 on the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases among

7 women and other populations that are disproportionately

8 affected by these diseases.’’.

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