‘‘SEC. 783. TRAINING FOR MID-CAREER PUBLIC HEALTH 
PROFESSIONALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to, or enter into contracts with, any eligible entity to 
award scholarships to eligible individuals to enroll in de-
gree or professional training programs for the purpose of 
enabling mid-career professionals in the public health 
workforce to receive additional training in the field of pub-
lic health preparedness or biodefense. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ indicates an accredited educational institution 
that offers a course of study, certificate program, or 
professional training program in infectious disease 
science, medicine, public health, veterinary medicine, 
or other discipline impacting or influenced by bioter-
rorism or emerging infectious diseases. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—The term ‘eligi-
ble individuals’ includes those individuals employed 
in public health positions at the Federal, State, trib-
al, or local level who are interested in retaining or 
upgrading their education. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 
2014. 
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‘‘SEC. 784. CATALOGUE OF FEDERAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
WORKFORCE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management, in cooperation with the Secretary, 
shall ensure that included in the Internet website of the 
Office of Personnel Management, there is an online cata-
logue, or link to an online catalogue, of public health work-
force employment opportunities in the Federal Govern-
ment. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—To the extent practicable, the 
catalogue described in subsection (a) shall include— 
‘‘(1) existing and projected job openings in the 
Federal public health workforce; and 
‘‘(2) a general discussion of the occupations 
that comprise the Federal public health workforce. 
‘‘(c) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall include a 
copy of the catalogue described in subsection (a), or a 
prominent reference to the catalogue, in— 
‘‘(1) the application forms provided under sec-
tion 780(c)(1); and 
‘‘(2) the information for schools provided under 
section 780(c)(2). 
‘‘SEC. 785. ACADEMIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In order to improve the 
training of public health students, the Secretary, 
acting through the Director of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention and in consultation 
with the Association of Schools of Public Health, 
shall carry out the Academic Health Departments 
grant program (referred to in this section as the 
‘Program’) under which the Secretary shall award 
competitive grants, of not more than $250,000 each, 
to eligible partnerships to establish Academic Health 
Departments. 
‘‘(2) ACADEMIC
HEALTH
DEPARTMENT
DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘Aca-
demic Health Department’ means a program admin-
istered by an eligible partnership that provides for 
collaboration between the academic and practice as-
pects of public health. The purpose of such a depart-
ment is to increase the number of graduates in pub-
lic health who work in State and local health depart-
ments, increase the relevance of the curriculum in 
schools and programs of public health to health de-
partment practice, and to increase the use of aca-
demic theories, knowledge, and methodologies in the 
work of health departments. 
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—For purposes of this section, an 
eligible partnership is a partnership, with respect to estab-
lishing an Academic Health Department, consisting of— 
‘‘(1) a State or local public health department; 
and 
‘‘(2) an accredited school of public health or an 
accredited public health degree program. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible partnership (as de-
scribed in subsection (b)) may use funds provided under 
a grant made under subsection (a) for the following pur-
poses, with respect to an Academic Health Department: 
‘‘(1) To provide for curriculum development. 
‘‘(2) To provide for training and academic in-
struction. 
‘‘(3) To conduct leadership seminars. 
‘‘(4) To conduct training needs assessment sur-
veys. 
‘‘(5) To facilitate appropriate staff of the State 
or local health department participating in the eligi-
ble partnership to teach with the school of public 
health or public health degree program participating 
in such partnership. 
‘‘(6) To facilitate faculty and students of the 
school of public health or public health degree pro-
gram participating in the eligible partnership to 
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work in the health department participating in such 
partnership. 
‘‘(7) To provide for a project coordinator. 
‘‘(8) To provide for subgrants to organizations 
to conduct activities consistent with the goals of the 
Program. 
‘‘(9) Other appropriate activities specified by 
the Secretary to recruit public health students to full 
time employment in a health department after grad-
uation. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANT RECIPIENT REPORTS TO THE SEC-
RETARY.—Each recipient of a grant awarded under 
subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary a report 
for each year for which the recipient received such 
a grant on the results and outcomes of the activities 
funded by such grant during such year. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—For the 3-year 
period beginning on the date of the establishment of 
the Program, and for each subsequent 3-year period 
in which the Program is in existence, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report, on the results and 
outcomes of the Program during such 3-year period, 
including the number of Academic Health Depart-
ments funded by grants under the Program, the 
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number of students trained through grants under 
the Program, and the number of trainees partici-
pating in such Academic Health Departments who 
remain in public health professions. 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION
OF
PROGRAM.—Not later 
than the date that is 5 years after the date of the 
establishment of the Program, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report that examines the re-
sults and outcomes of the Program and recommends 
the extent to which the Program should be contin-
ued. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$4,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 
2014.’’. 
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