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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3800 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish and support a network 

of Centers for Public Health Preparedness and Response. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 10 (legislative day, MARCH 7), 2022 

Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mrs. 

GILLIBRAND, Mr. CASSIDY, and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish and 

support a network of Centers for Public Health Preparedness and Response. 

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 ‘‘Centers for Public 

5 Health Preparedness and Response Reauthorization Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CENTERS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS 

7 AND RESPONSE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 319F of the Public 

9 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(d) CENTERS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS

4 AND RESPONSE.— 

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

6 through the Director of the Centers for Disease 

7 Control and Prevention, may award grants, con8 tracts, or cooperative agreements to institutions of 

9 higher education, including accredited schools of 

10 public health, or other nonprofit private entities to 

11 establish or support a network of Centers for Public 

12 Health Preparedness and Response (referred to in 

13 this subsection as ‘Centers’). 

14 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive an 

15 award under this subsection, an entity shall submit 

16 to the Secretary an application containing such in17 formation as the Secretary may require, including a 

18 description of how the entity will— 

19 ‘‘(A) coordinate relevant activities with 

20 State, local, and Tribal health departments and 

21 officials, health care facilities, and health care 

22 coalitions to improve public health preparedness 

23 and response, as informed by the public health 

24 preparedness and response needs of the commu25 nity, or communities, involved; 


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1 ‘‘(B) prioritize efforts to implement evi2 dence-informed or evidence-based practices to 

3 improve public health preparedness and re4 sponse, including by helping to reduce the 

5 transmission of emerging infectious diseases; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(C) use funds awarded under this sub8 section, including by carrying out any activities 

9 described in paragraph (3). 

10 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—As a condition of receiv11 ing funds under this subsection, Centers established 

12 or supported shall carry out activities to advance 

13 public health preparedness and response capabilities, 

14 which may include by— 

15 ‘‘(A) identifying, translating, and dissemi16 nating promising research findings or strategies 

17 into evidence-informed or evidence-based prac18 tices to inform preparedness for, and responses 

19 to, chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear 

20 threats, including emerging infectious diseases, 

21 and other public health emergencies, which may 

22 include conducting research related to public 

23 health preparedness and response systems; 

24 ‘‘(B) improving awareness of such evi25 dence-informed or evidence-based practices and 


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1 other relevant scientific or public health infor2 mation among health care professionals, public 

3 health professionals, other stakeholders, and the 

4 public, including through the development, eval5 uation, and dissemination of trainings and 

6 training materials, consistent with section 

7 2802(b)(2), as applicable and appropriate, to 

8 support preparedness for, and responses to, 

9 such threats; 

10 ‘‘(C) utilizing and expanding relevant tech11 nological and analytical capabilities to inform 

12 public health and medical preparedness and re13 sponse efforts; 

14 ‘‘(D) expanding activities, including 

15 through public-private partnerships, related to 

16 public health preparedness and response, in17 cluding participation in drills and exercises and 

18 training public health experts, as appropriate; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(E) providing technical assistance and ex21 pertise related to responses to public health 

22 emergencies, as appropriate, to State, local, and 

23 Tribal health departments and other entities 

24 pursuant to paragraph (2)(A). 


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1 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF AWARDS.—In awarding 

2 grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under 

3 this subsection, the Secretary shall support not 

4 fewer than 10 Centers, subject to the availability of 

5 appropriations, and ensure that such awards are eq6 uitably distributed among the geographical regions 

7 of the United States.’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (f)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘, of 

9 which $5,000,000 shall be used to carry out para10 graphs (3) through (5) of such subsection’’. 

11 (b) REPEAL.—Section 319G of the Public Health 

12 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7) is repealed. 

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