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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5044 

Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika 

virus. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 25, 2016 

Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Ms. DELAURO, and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to 

respond to Zika virus. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 


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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

3 SERVICES 

4 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex7 penses’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

8 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to Zika virus, other 

9 vector-borne diseases, or other infectious diseases and re10 lated health outcomes, domestically and internationally, 

11 and to develop necessary medical countermeasures and 

12 vaccines, including the review, regulation, and post market 

13 surveillance of vaccines and therapies, and administrative 

14 activities: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

15 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

16 section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer17 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided 

18 further, That such amount shall be available only if the 

19 President designates such amount as an emergency re20 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A). 

21 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

22 CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘CDC-Wide Activities 

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1 able until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 

2 to Zika virus, other vector-borne diseases, or other infec3 tious diseases and related health outcomes, domestically 

4 and internationally; and to carry out titles II, III, and 

5 XVII of the Public Health Service (‘‘PHS’’) Act with re6 spect to domestic preparedness and global health: Pro7 vided, That products purchased with these funds may, at 

8 the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human 

9 Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile 

10 under section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, 

11 That funds may be used for purchase and insurance of 

12 official motor vehicles in foreign countries: Provided fur13 ther, That the provisions in section 317S of the PHS Act 

14 shall apply to the use of funds appropriated in this para15 graph as determined by the Director of the Centers for 

16 Disease Control and Prevention (‘‘CDC’’) to be appro17 priate: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this 

18 paragraph may be used for grants for the construction, 

19 alteration, or renovation of nonfederally owned facilities 

20 to improve preparedness and response capability at the 

21 State and local level: Provided further, That funds appro22 priated in this paragraph may be used for acquisition of 

23 real property (including long-term ground leases) and 

24 equipment, and construction, demolition, or renovation of 

25 facilities, including construction on leased land: Provided 


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1 further, That funds appropriated in this paragraph may 

2 be transferred by the Director of CDC to other accounts 

3 of the CDC for the purposes provided in this paragraph: 

4 Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi5 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law: Pro6 vided further, That, upon a determination that all or part 

7 of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 

8 necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

9 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

10 further, That the amount appropriated in this paragraph 

11 is designated by the Congress as an emergency require12 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 

13 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 

14 amended: Provided further, That such amount shall be 

15 available only if the President designates such amount as 

16 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

17 251(b)(2)(A). 

18 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

19 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS

20 DISEASES

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of 

22 Allergy and Infectious Diseases’’, $277,000,000, to re23 main available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and 

24 respond to Zika virus, other vector-borne diseases, or 

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1 mestically and internationally, including expenses related 

2 to carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act: 

3 Provided, That such funds may be transferred by the Di4 rector of the National Institutes of Health (‘‘NIH’’) to 

5 other accounts of the NIH for the purposes provided in 

6 this paragraph: Provided further, That such transfer au7 thority is in addition to any other transfer authority pro8 vided by law: Provided further, That, upon a determination 

9 that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro10 priation are not necessary for the purposes provided here11 in, such amounts may be transferred back to this appro12 priation: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 

13 in this paragraph is designated by the Congress as an 

14 emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 

15 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

16 Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That such 

17 amount shall be available only if the President designates 

18 such amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

19 section 251(b)(2)(A). 

20 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

21 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY

22 FUND

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So25 cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $233,000,000, to remain 


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1 available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and re2 spond to Zika virus, other vector-borne diseases, or other 

3 infectious diseases and related health outcomes, domesti4 cally and internationally; to develop necessary counter5 measures and vaccines, including the development and 

6 purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, necessary 

7 medical supplies, and administrative activities; for car8 rying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 

9 respect to domestic preparedness and global health; and 

10 for carrying out title III of the PHS Act and title V of 

11 the Social Security Act to provide health care and related 

12 services in areas affected by Zika virus: Provided, That 

13 funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used to pro14 cure security countermeasures (as defined in section 

15 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act, as amended by this 

16 Act): Provided further, That paragraphs (1) and (7)(C) 

17 of subsection (c) of section 319F–2 of the PHS Act, but 

18 no other provisions of such section, shall apply to such 

19 security countermeasures procured with funds appro20 priated in this paragraph: Provided further, That products 

21 purchased with funds appropriated in this paragraph may, 

22 at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human 

23 Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile 

24 under section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, 

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1 ferred to the fund authorized by section 319F–4 of the 

2 PHS Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in 

3 this paragraph may, for purposes of providing primary 

4 health services in areas affected by Zika virus, other vec5 tor-borne diseases, or other infectious diseases, be used to 

6 assign National Health Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) mem7 bers to Puerto Rico and other Territories, notwithstanding 

8 the assignment priorities and limitations in or under sec9 tions 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), or 333A(a) of the PHS Act, 

10 and to make NHSC Loan Repayment Program awards 

11 under section 338B of such Act: Provided further, That 

12 funds may be awarded for projects of regional and na13 tional significance in Puerto Rico and other Territories 

14 authorized under section 501 of the Social Security Act, 

15 notwithstanding section 502 of such Act: Provided further, 

16 That funds may be used for the alteration or renovation 

17 of nonfederally owned facilities to improve preparedness 

18 and response capability at the State and local level: Pro19 vided further, That funds appropriated in this paragraph 

20 may be transferred to other appropriations of the Depart21 ment of Health and Human Services, as determined by 

22 the Secretary to be appropriate, to be used for the pur23 poses specified in this paragraph: Provided further, That 

24 any transfers of these funds shall be made in consultation 

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1 ther, That the transfer authority provided in this para2 graph is in addition to any other transfer authority pro3 vided by law: Provided further, That, upon a determination 

4 that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro5 priation are not necessary for the purposes provided here6 in, such amounts may be transferred back to this appro7 priation: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 

8 in this paragraph is designated by the Congress as an 

9 emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 

10 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

11 Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That such 

12 amount shall be available only if the President designates 

13 such amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

14 section 251(b)(2)(A). 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 101. For purposes of preventing, preparing for, 

18 and responding to Zika virus, other vector-borne diseases, 

19 or other infectious diseases and related health outcomes 

20 domestically and internationally, the Secretary of Health 

21 and Human Services may use funds provided in this Act— 

22 (1) to acquire, lease, construct, alter, renovate, 

23 equip, furnish, or manage facilities outside of the 

24 United States, as necessary to conduct such pro25 grams, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 


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1 either directly for the use of the United States Gov2 ernment or for the use, pursuant to grants, direct 

3 assistance, or cooperative agreements, of public or 

4 nonprofit private institutions or agencies in partici5 pating foreign countries; and 

6 (2) to enter into contracts with individuals for 

7 the provision of personal services (as described in 

8 section 104 of part 37 of title 48, Code of Federal 

9 Regulations (48 C.F.R. 37.104)), within the United 

10 States and abroad: Provided, That such individuals 

11 may not be deemed employees of the United States 

12 for the purpose of any law administered by the Of13 fice of Personnel Management. 

14 SEC. 102. Section 3304 of title 5, United States 

15 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

16 subsection: 

17 ‘‘(g) The heads of the Department of Health and 

18 Human Services, Department of State, and the Agency 

19 for International Development may appoint, without re20 gard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3319, can21 didates needed for positions to perform critical work in 

22 direct response to a public health threat requiring an im23 mediate response for which— 

24 ‘‘(1) public notice has been given; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv2 ices has determined that such a public health threat 

3 exists.’’. 

4 SEC. 103. Funds appropriated by this Act may be 

5 used to reimburse accounts administered by the Depart6 ment of Health and Human Services for obligations in7 curred for Zika virus response prior to the date of the 

8 enactment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 104. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

10 Health and Human Services in this Act may be trans11 ferred to and merged with other Federal accounts for pur12 poses specified in this Act following consultation with the 

13 Office of Management and Budget: Provided, That such 

14 transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans15 fer authority provided by law: Provided further, That, 

16 upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans17 ferred from an appropriation are not necessary, such 

18 amounts may be transferred back to that appropriation. 

19 SEC. 105. Section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the Public 

20 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)) is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) in clause (i)(III)(bb), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 

23 inserting a semicolon; 

24 (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and in25 serting ‘‘; or’’; and 


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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

2 clause: 

3 ‘‘(iii)(I) the Secretary determines to 

4 be a necessary countermeasure to diag5 nose, mitigate, prevent, or treat harm from 

6 any infectious disease that may pose a 

7 threat to the public health; and 

8 ‘‘(II)(aa) is approved or cleared under 

9 chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

10 Cosmetic Act, or licensed under section 

11 351 of this Act; or 

12 ‘‘(bb) is a countermeasure for which 

13 the Secretary determines that sufficient 

14 and satisfactory clinical experience or re15 search data (including data, if available, 

16 from pre-clinical and clinical trials) sup17 port a reasonable conclusion that the coun18 termeasure will qualify for approval or li19 censing within 10 years after the date of a 

20 determination under subclause (I).’’. 

21 SEC. 106. (a)(1) For purposes of title XIX of the So22 cial Security Act, for the one-year period beginning with 

23 the first day of the first full fiscal quarter following the 

24 date of the enactment of this section, the Federal medical 

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1 of such Act for the Territories specified in paragraph (2) 

2 shall be increased from 55 percent to 65 percent. Any net 

3 increase in payment to such a territory under section 

4 1903(a) of such Act, which is attributable to such in5 creased FMAP, shall be disregarded in applying sections 

6 1108(f) and 1108(g) of such Act to the territory. 

7 (2) The Territories specified in this paragraph are 

8 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Vir9 gin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern 

10 Mariana Islands. 

11 (b) With respect to the amount needed for purposes 

12 of implementing the raised FMAP under subsection (a) 

13 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017, such amount is 

14 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

15 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 

16 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, 

17 and such amount shall be available only if the President 

18 designates such amount as an emergency requirement pur19 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A). 

20 TITLE II 

21 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

22 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

23 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con25 sular Programs’’, $14,594,000, to remain available until 


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1 September 30, 2017, for necessary expenses to support re2 sponse efforts related to the Zika virus and related health 

3 outcomes, other vector-borne diseases, or other infectious 

4 diseases: Provided, That up to $2,419,000 may be made 

5 available for medical evacuation costs of any other Depart6 ment or agency of the United States under the Chief of 

7 Mission authority, and may be transferred to any other 

8 appropriation of such Department or agency for such 

9 costs: Provided further, That such amount is designated 

10 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 

11 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

12 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that such 

13 amounts shall be available only if the President subse14 quently so designates such amounts and transmits such 

15 designation to the Congress. 

16 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

17 SERVICE

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergencies in the 

19 Diplomatic and Consular Services’’, $4,000,000 for nec20 essary expenses to support response efforts related to the 

21 Zika virus and related health outcomes, other vector-borne 

22 diseases, or other infectious diseases, to remain available 

23 until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated 

24 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 

25 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 


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1 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that such 

2 amounts shall be available only if the President subse3 quently so designates such amounts and transmits such 

4 designation to the Congress. 

5 REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Repatriation Loans 

7 Program Account’’ for the cost of direct loans, 

8 $1,000,000, to support the response efforts related to the 

9 Zika virus and related health outcomes, other vector-borne 

10 diseases, or other infectious diseases, to remain available 

11 until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the 

12 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 

13 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

14 further, That such funds are available to subsidize an addi15 tional amount of gross obligations for the principal 

16 amount of direct loans not to exceed $1,880,406: Provided 

17 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

18 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

20 Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that such amounts 

21 shall be available only if the President subsequently so 

22 designates such amounts and transmits such designation 

23 to the Congress. 


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1 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

2 DEVELOPMENT 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 

6 $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2017, for necessary expenses to support response efforts 

8 related to the Zika virus and related health outcomes, 

9 other vector-borne diseases, or other infectious diseases: 

10 Provided, That such amounts are designated by the Con11 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that such amounts 

14 shall be available only if the President subsequently so 

15 designates such amounts and transmits such designation 

16 to the Congress. 

17 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

18 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

19 GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Global Health Pro21 grams’’, $325,000,000, to remain available until ex22 pended, for necessary expenses for assistance or research 

23 to prevent, treat, or otherwise respond to the Zika virus 

24 and related health outcomes, other vector-borne diseases, 

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1 priated under this heading may be made available for 

2 multi-year funding commitments to incentivize the devel3 opment of global health technologies: Provided further, 

4 That such amounts are designated by the Congress as an 

5 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

6 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

7 Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that such amounts 

8 shall be available only if the President subsequently so 

9 designates such amounts and transmits such designation 

10 to the Congress. 

11 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

12 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

13 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

14 RELATED PROGRAMS

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

16 Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

17 $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 

18 for necessary expenses to support response and research 

19 efforts related to the Zika virus and related health out20 comes, other vector-borne diseases, or other infectious dis21 eases: Provided, That such amounts are designated by the 

22 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec23 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer24 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that such 

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1 quently so designates such amounts and transmits such 

2 designation to the Congress. 

3 MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 

4 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

5 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Organi7 zations and Programs’’, $13,500,000, to remain available 

8 until September 30, 2017, for necessary expenses to sup9 port response and research efforts related to the Zika 

10 virus and related health outcomes, other vector-borne dis11 eases, or other infectious diseases: Provided, That such 

12 amounts are designated by the Congress as an emergency 

13 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 

14 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

15 1985, except that such amounts shall be available only if 

16 the President subsequently so designates such amounts 

17 and transmits such designation to the Congress. 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

19 USE OF EBOLA BALANCES FOR OTHER INFECTIOUS

20 DISEASES

21 SEC. 201. Unobligated balances of amounts appro22 priated under title IX of the Department of State, Foreign 

23 Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

24 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall also be 

25 available for necessary expenses for operations, assistance, 


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1 or research to prevent, treat, or otherwise respond to the 

2 Zika virus and related health outcomes, other vector-borne 

3 diseases, or other infectious diseases: Provided, That 

4 amounts repurposed pursuant to this section are des5 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

6 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg7 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that 

8 such amounts shall be available only if the President sub9 sequently so designates such amounts and transmits such 

10 designation to the Congress. 

11 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

12 SEC. 202. (a) Funds appropriated by this title under 

13 the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Nonprolifera14 tion, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

15 ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, and ‘‘Oper16 ating Expenses’’ may be transferred to, and merged with, 

17 funds appropriated by this title under such headings to 

18 carry out the purposes of this Act. 

19 (b) Funds appropriated by this title under the head20 ings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, ‘‘Emergencies 

21 in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, and ‘‘Repatri22 ation Loans Program Account’’ may be transferred to, 

23 and merged with, funds appropriated by this title under 

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1 (c) The transfer authorities provided by this section 

2 are in addition to any other transfer authority provided 

3 by law. 

4 (d) Upon a determination that all or part of the funds 

5 transferred pursuant to the authorities provided by this 

6 section are not necessary for such purposes, such amounts 

7 may be transferred back to such appropriations. 

8 REIMBURSEMENT AUTHORITY

9 SEC. 203. Funds appropriated by this Act may be 

10 used to reimburse accounts administered by the United 

11 States Agency for International Development and the De12 partment of State for obligations incurred for Zika virus 

13 response prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. 

14 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INTERNATIONAL

15 ORGANIZATIONS

16 SEC. 204. Section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance 

17 Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this 

18 Act. 

19 NOTWITHSTANDING AUTHORITY

20 SEC. 205. Funds appropriated or otherwise made 

21 available under this Act and prior Acts making appropria22 tions for the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

23 and Related Programs that are made available to support 

24 Zika virus response and related activities may be made 

25 available notwithstanding any other provision of law. 


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1 PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTORS

2 SEC. 206. Funds available in this Act to support re3 sponse efforts related to the Zika virus and related health 

4 outcomes, other vector-borne diseases, or other infectious 

5 diseases may be used to enter into contracts with individ6 uals for the provision of personal services (as described 

7 in section 104 of part 37 of title 48, Code of Federal Reg8 ulations (48 C.F.R. 37.104)) in the United States or 

9 abroad: Provided, That such individuals may not be 

10 deemed employees of the United States for the purpose 

11 of any law administered by the Office of Personnel Man12 agement. 

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