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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2388

To make technical corrections to the Mosquito Abatement for Safety and 

Health Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 5, 2004

Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Ms. LANDRIEU) introduced the following bill; 

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

A BILL

To make technical corrections to the Mosquito Abatement 

for Safety and Health Act, 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. AMENDMENTS TO THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT 

4 FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT. 

5 Section 317S of the Public Health Service Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 247b–21) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (b)(4)(C), by adding at the 

8 end the following: ‘‘The Secretary shall waive the re9 quirement established in subparagraph (A) if the po10 litical subdivision is an Indian tribe located on a low-
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1 income reservation, or, in the case of a consortium 

2 of political subdivisions, all of the members of the 

3 consortium are Indian tribes located on low-income 

4 reservations.’’; and 

5 (2) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 

9 means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other orga10 nized group or community, including any Alaska Na11 tive village or regional or village corporation as de12 fined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Na13 tive Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), 

14 which is recognized as eligible for the special pro15 grams and services provided by the United States to 

16 Indians because of their status as Indians. 

17 ‘‘(2) LOW-INCOME RESERVATION.—The term 

18 ‘low-income reservation’ means an Indian reserva19 tion, Pueblo, colony, or Alaska Native Region estab20 lished pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settle21 ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on which not less 

22 than 40 percent of the individuals who live on such 

23 reservation, Pueblo, colony, or Region are from fam24 ilies with incomes below the poverty line. 
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1 ‘‘(3) POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—The term ‘polit2 ical subdivision’ means the local political jurisdiction 

3 immediately below the level of State government, in4 cluding counties, parishes, and boroughs. Such term 

5 includes an Indian tribe located on an Indian res6 ervation, Pueblo, colony, or Alaska Native Region 

7 established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 

8 Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). If State 

9 law recognizes an entity of general government that 

10 functions in lieu of, and is not within, a county, par11 ish, or borough, the Secretary may recognize an area 

12 under the jurisdiction of such other entities of gen13 eral government as a political subdivision for pur14 poses of this section. 

15 ‘‘(4) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘poverty line’ 

16 means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of 

17 Management and Budget, and revised annually in 

18 accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 

19 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) appli20 cable to a family of the size involved.’’.

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