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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6272 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services to make grants to eligible entities to train elemen-
tary and secondary school nurses on how to respond to a biological 
or chemical attack or an outbreak of pandemic influenza in a school 
building or on school grounds. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2020 
Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants 
to eligible entities to train elementary and secondary 
school nurses on how to respond to a biological or chem-
ical attack or an outbreak of pandemic influenza in a 
school building or on school grounds. 
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 ‘‘Pandemic School 
Nurse Training to Protect Students and Communities Act 
of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROGRAM. 
Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 296 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘PART J—TRAINING NURSES FOR RESPONDING 
TO BIOTERRORISM AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA 
‘‘SEC. 875. GRANTS FOR RESPONDING TO BIOTERRORISM 
AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA. 
‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary may award 
grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities to 
train school nurses to serve as first responders and crisis 
managers in the event of— 
‘‘(1) a biological or chemical attack, including a 
terrorist attack, affecting individuals in a school 
building or on school grounds; or 
‘‘(2) an outbreak of pandemic influenza among 
students, faculty, or other individuals under their 
care. 
‘‘(b) REQUIRED ELEMENTS
OF TRAINING.—Any 
training which is funded, in whole or in part, under this 
section shall prepare school nurses— 
‘‘(1) to take such measures as may be nec-
essary, particularly in the critical early stages of an 
attack or outbreak described in subsection (a), to 
protect and preserve life; 
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‘‘(2) as part of crisis management, to notify 
such public health authorities as may be appropriate 
to help contain or mitigate the effects of an attack 
or outbreak described in subsection (a); and 
‘‘(3) to take such other actions as may be ap-
propriate and feasible, such as, in the case of a bio-
logical or chemical attack, the preservation of evi-
dence. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The term ‘eligible 
entities’ shall have the same meaning as is given 
such term in section 801, and includes— 
‘‘(A) a State educational agency (as de-
fined in section 8101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965); and 
‘‘(B) a local educational agency (as defined 
in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965). 
‘‘(2) SCHOOL.—The term ‘school’ means— 
‘‘(A) an elementary school (as defined in 
section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965); and 
‘‘(B) a secondary school (as defined in sec-
tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965). 
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‘‘(3) SCHOOL
GROUNDS.—The term ‘school 
grounds’ means the area outside of a school building 
that is controlled, managed, or owned by the school 
or school district. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized 
to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each fiscal year after 
fiscal year 2020.’’. 
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