I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1715 
To fully fund the Prevention and Public Health Fund and reaffirm the 
importance of prevention in the United States healthcare system. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2025 
Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. 
CASTOR of Florida, Mr. TONKO, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. 
COHEN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. TITUS, Mr. GREEN of Texas, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. 
ELFRETH, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. 
THANEDAR, Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. KHANNA, and Ms. TOKUDA) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To fully fund the Prevention and Public Health Fund and 
reaffirm the importance of prevention in the United 
States healthcare system. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Health Funding 
Restoration Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The Prevention and Public Health Fund 
(section 4002 of the Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–11)) was designed 
‘‘to provide for expanded and sustained national in-
vestment in prevention and public health programs 
to improve health and help restrain the rate of 
growth in private and public health care costs’’. 
(2) Funding under such section is essential to 
core efforts at the Department of Health and 
Human Services and in State, local, Tribal, and ter-
ritorial health departments to prevent and control 
the spread of infectious disease and prevent injuries 
and the development of chronic conditions. 
(3) Prevention and Public Health Fund dollars 
support evidenced-based investments in tobacco use 
prevention and cessation, nutrition, mental health, 
childhood lead poisoning prevention, elder care ini-
tiatives, and immunizations, among other prevention 
initiatives. Funding gives States and communities 
the flexibility to respond to public health threats 
that may be unique to their communities and bol-
sters the State, local, Tribal, and territorial response 
to global public health threats. 
(4) Such prevention efforts have shown to be 
effective. Funding increases for community-based 
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public health programs reduce infant deaths and 
preventable deaths caused by cancer, diabetes, and 
cardiovascular disease. Every dollar spent on preven-
tion saves nearly $6 in health spending and every 
dollar spent on childhood vaccines saves $16.50 in 
future health care costs. 
(5) Investments in prevention reduce the cost of 
health care in the United States. $2,900,000,000 in 
investments in community-based disease prevention 
is estimated to save $16,500,000,000 annually with-
in 5 years. 
(6) Cuts to the Prevention and Public Health 
Fund and other public health prevention efforts un-
dermine efforts to create an affordable and acces-
sible health care system, and a better quality of life 
for Americans. 
(7) Cuts to the Prevention and Public Health 
Fund endanger the ability of States and localities to 
distribute vaccinations and public health information 
successfully. The Prevention and Public Health 
Fund is critical to the growth of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention’s section 317 Immu-
nization Program and to the Epidemiology and Lab-
oratory Capacity program. 
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(8) Restoring Prevention and Public Health 
Fund funding to $2,000,000,000 annually will allow 
the Fund to invest in more innovative, evidence- 
based public health programs and maintain and ex-
pand investments in programs with demonstrated 
success. 
(9) Restoring Prevention and Public Health 
Fund funding to $2,000,000,000 will give the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention and State, 
local, Tribal, and territorial health departments 
funding that they need to invest in prevention ef-
forts that will help the country avoid future 
pandemics and epidemics. 
SEC. 3. PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH FUND. 
Section 4002(b) of the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–11(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end 
‘‘and’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (5) through (10) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(5) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, $2,000,000,000.’’. 
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