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Union Calendar No. 340 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4080 

[Report No. 113–459] 

To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain 

trauma care programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2014 

Mr. BURGESS (for himself and Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas) introduced the 

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

MAY 20, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 

CONYERS, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. STOCKMAN, 

Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. HONDA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. 

SHIMKUS, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 

MORAN, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. 

GRIMM, Mr. POCAN, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, and Mr. DENT

MAY 20, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 


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A BILL 

To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to 

reauthorize certain trauma care programs, and for other 

purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Trauma Systems and 

5 Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN TRAUMA CARE 

7 PROGRAMS. 

8 Section 1232(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 300d–32(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘2019’’. 

11 SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN 

12 TRAUMA CARE PROGRAMS. 

13 (a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR COMPETITIVE

14 GRANTS FOR REGIONALIZED SYSTEMS FOR EMERGENCY

15 CARE RESPONSE.—Section 1232(c) of the Public Health 

16 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–31(c)) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

18 end; 

19 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

20 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

22 paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(3) for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2014, not 

24 more than 50 percent of such amounts remaining 

25 for such fiscal year after application of paragraphs 


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1 (1) and (2) shall be allocated for the purpose of car2 rying out section 1204.’’. 

3 (b) CLARIFICATIONS UNDER TRAUMA SYSTEMS FOR4 MULA GRANTS REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE AMER5 ICAN BURN ASSOCIATION.—Section 1213 of the Public 

6 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–13) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting ‘‘and (for 

8 a fiscal year after fiscal year 2014) contains national 

9 standards and requirements of the American Burn 

10 Association for the designation of verified burn cen11 ters,’’ after ‘‘such entity,’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘and 

13 the American Academy of Pediatrics,’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘the American Academy of Pediatrics, and (for a 

15 fiscal year after fiscal year 2014) the American 

16 Burn Association’’; and 

17 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

19 (A), by inserting ‘‘and not later than 1 year 

20 after the date of the enactment of the Trauma 

21 Systems and Regionalization of Emergency 

22 Care Reauthorization Act’’ after ‘‘Act of 2007’’; 

23 and 

24 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and 

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1 serting ‘‘the American Academy of Pediatrics, 

2 and (with respect to the update pursuant to the 

3 Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emer4 gency Care Reauthorization Act) the American 

5 Burn Association’’. 

6 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

7 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trauma Systems and 

8 Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act’’. 

9 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN TRAUMA CARE 

10 PROGRAMS. 

11 Section 1232(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 300d–32(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014’’ and in13 serting ‘‘2019’’. 

14 SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN 

15 TRAUMA CARE PROGRAMS. 

16 (a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS

17 FOR REGIONALIZED SYSTEMS FOR EMERGENCY CARE RE18 SPONSE.—Section 1232(c) of the Public Health Service Act 

19 (42 U.S.C. 300d–31(c)) is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

21 end; 

22 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

23 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

24 (3) by adding at the end the following new para25 graph: 


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1 ‘‘(3) for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2014, not 

2 more than 50 percent of such amounts remaining for 

3 such fiscal year after application of paragraphs (1) 

4 and (2) shall be allocated for the purpose of carrying 

5 out section 1204.’’. 

6 (b) CLARIFICATIONS UNDER TRAUMA SYSTEMS FOR7 MULA GRANTS REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE AMER8 ICAN BURN ASSOCIATION.—Section 1213 of the Public 

9 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–13) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting ‘‘and (for 

11 a fiscal year after fiscal year 2014) contains national 

12 standards and requirements of the American Burn 

13 Association for the designation of verified burn cen14 ters,’’ after ‘‘such entity,’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘and the 

16 American Academy of Pediatrics,’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

17 American Academy of Pediatrics, and (for a fiscal 

18 year after fiscal year 2014) the American Burn Asso19 ciation,’’; and 

20 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

21 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

22 (A), by inserting ‘‘and not later than 1 year 

23 after the date of the enactment of the Trauma 

24 Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care 

25 Reauthorization Act’’ after ‘‘Act of 2007’’; and 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and 

2 the American Academy of Pediatrics’’ and in3 serting ‘‘the American Academy of Pediatrics, 

4 and (with respect to the update pursuant to the 

5 Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emer6 gency Care Reauthorization Act) the American 

7 Burn Association’’. 

8 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Part B of title XII 

9 of the Public Health Service Act is amended— 

10 (1) in section 1218(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 300d– 

11 18(c)(2)), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

12 by striking ‘‘1232(b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

13 1232(b)’’; and 

14 (2) in section 1222 (42 U.S.C. 300d–22), by 

15 striking ‘‘October 1, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 

16 2016’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 340 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4080 

[Report No. 113–459] 

A BILL 

To amend title XII of the Public Health Service 

and for other purposes. Act to reauthorize certain trauma care programs, 

MAY 20, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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