Global Fund for the control and elimination of ne-
glected tropical diseases. 
(2) GLOBAL
FUND.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘Global Fund’’ means the public-private part-
nership known as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
Tuberculosis and Malaria established pursuant to 
Article 80 of the Swiss Civil Code. 
(c) G–20 COUNTRIES.—The Secretary of State, act-
ing through the Office of Global Health Diplomacy, should 
engage G–20 countries to significantly increase their role 
in the control and elimination of neglected tropical dis-
eases, particularly Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indo-
nesia, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, and 
South Africa. 
SEC. 103. MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH IN-
STITUTIONS. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDING.—Congress finds that 
the treatment of high burden neglected tropical diseases, 
including school-based deworming programs, has proven 
to be a highly cost-effective education intervention and 
schools can serve as the best delivery mechanism for 
reaching large numbers of children with safe treatment for 
soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) (round worm, whip 
worm, and hook worm) in particular. 
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(b) UNITED NATIONS.—The President shall direct 
the United States permanent representative to the United 
Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United 
States to urge the World Health Organization, the United 
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza-
tion, and the United Nations Development Programme to 
take the actions described in subsection (d). 
(c) WORLD BANK INSTITUTE.—The President shall 
direct the United States Executive Director at the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development to use 
the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to urge 
the World Bank Institute to take the actions described 
in subsection (d). 
(d) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.—The actions described in 
this subsection are the following: 
(1) Ensure the dissemination of best practices 
and programming on NTDs to governments and 
make data accessible to practitioners in an open and 
timely fashion. 
(2) 
Highlight 
impacts 
of 
school-based 
deworming programs on children’s health and edu-
cation, emphasizing the cost-effectiveness of such 
programs. 
(3) Encourage governments to implement 
deworming campaigns at the national level. 
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(4) Designate a portion of grant funds of the 
institutions to deworming initiatives and cross-sec-
toral collaboration with water and sanitation and hy-
giene efforts and nutrition or education program-
ming. 
(5) Encourage accurate monitoring and evalua-
tion of NTD programs, including deworming pro-
grams. 
(6) Engage governments in cross-border initia-
tives for the treatment, control, prevention, and 
elimination of NTDs, and assist in developing 
transnational agreements, when necessary. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
SEC. 201. PROMOTING EFFORTS THROUGH INTERAGENCY 
WORKING GROUPS AND INTERNATIONAL FO-
RUMS. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
continue to promote the need for robust programs and ac-
tivities to diagnose, prevent, control, and treat neglected 
tropical diseases— 
(1) through interagency working groups on 
health; and 
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(2) through relevant international forums on 
behalf of the United States, including the post-2015 
United Nations development agenda. 
SEC. 202. REPORT ON NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES IN 
THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, acting through the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall submit 
to the Congress a report on neglected tropical diseases in 
the United States. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required by this section 
shall— 
(1) assess the epidemiology of, impact of, and 
appropriate funding required to address neglected 
tropical diseases in the United States; and 
(2) include the information necessary— 
(A) to guide future health policy with re-
spect to such diseases; 
(B) to accurately evaluate the current 
state of knowledge concerning such diseases; 
and 
(C) to define gaps in such knowledge. 
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SEC. 203. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE. 
Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
is amended by inserting after section 399V–5 of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280g–16) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 399V–6. NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE CENTERS OF 
EXCELLENCE. 
‘‘(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the National Institute of Al-
lergy and Infectious Diseases or the Administrator 
of the Health Resources and Services Administra-
tion, as appropriate, may enter into cooperative 
agreements with, and make grants to, public or pri-
vate nonprofit entities to pay all or part of the cost 
of planning, establishing, or strengthening, and pro-
viding basic operating support for, one or more cen-
ters of excellence for research into, training in, and 
development of diagnosis, prevention, control, and 
treatment methods for neglected tropical diseases. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a cooper-
ative agreement or grant under this section, an enti-
ty must— 
‘‘(A) have demonstrated expertise in re-
search on, and the epidemiology and surveil-
lance of, the major neglected tropical diseases 
that are endemic to the United States, such as 
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