763 
(II) Promoting the collaboration 
between primary and specialty care 
health care providers and patients, to 
ensure patients impacted by health 
disparities based on race, ethnicity, 
and gender are receiving comprehen-
sive and organized treatment and 
care. 
(III) Educating health care pro-
fessionals on the causes and effects of 
disparities in the social determinants 
of health as it relates to minority and 
racial and ethnic communities and the 
need for culturally and linguistically 
appropriate care in the prevention and 
treatment of high-impact diseases. 
(IV) Encouraging collaboration 
among community and patient-based 
organizations which work to address 
disparities in the social determinants 
of health as it relates to high-impact 
diseases in minority and racial and 
ethnic populations. 
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(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion— 
(1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; and 
(2) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
years 2018 through 2020. 
SEC. 1006. ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP 
BETWEEN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND 
THE HEALTH OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘eligible institution’’ means a public or 
private nonprofit institution that submits to the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) and the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Administrator’’) an application for a grant under 
the grant program authorized under subsection (b)(2) at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such agree-
ments, assurances, and information as the Secretary and 
Administrator may require. 
(b) RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF HEALTH.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘health’’ includes— 
(A) levels of physical activity; 
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(B) degree of mobility due to factors such 
as musculoskeletal diseases, arthritis, and obe-
sity; 
(C) consumption of nutritional foods; 
(D) rates of crime; 
(E) air, water, and soil quality; 
(F) risk of injury; 
(G) accessibility to health care services; 
(H) levels of educational attainment; and 
(I) other indicators as determined appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
(2) GRANTS.—The Secretary, in collaboration 
with the Administrator, shall provide grants to eligi-
ble institutions to conduct and coordinate research 
on the built environment and its influence on indi-
vidual and population-based health. 
(3) RESEARCH.—The Secretary shall support 
research that— 
(A) investigates and defines the causal 
links between all aspects of the built environ-
ment and the health of residents; 
(B) examines— 
(i) the extent of the impact of the 
built environment (including the various 
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characteristics of the built environment) on 
the health of residents; 
(ii) the variance in the health of resi-
dents by— 
(I) location (such as inner cities, 
inner suburbs, and outer suburbs); 
and 
(II) population subgroup (includ-
ing children, the elderly, the disadvan-
taged); or 
(iii) the importance of the built envi-
ronment to the total health of residents, 
which is the primary variable of interest 
from a public health perspective; 
(C) is used to develop— 
(i) measures to address health and the 
connection of health to the built environ-
ment; and 
(ii) efforts to link the measures to 
travel and health databases; and 
(D) distinguishes carefully between per-
sonal attitudes and choices and external influ-
ences on observed behavior to determine how 
much an observed association between the built 
environment and the health of residents, versus 
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the lifestyle preferences of the people that 
choose to live in the neighborhood, reflects the 
physical characteristics of the neighborhood; 
and 
(E)(i) identifies or develops effective inter-
vention strategies to promote better health 
among residents with a focus on behavioral 
interventions and enhancements of the built en-
vironment that promote increased use by resi-
dents; and 
(ii) in developing the intervention strate-
gies under clause (i), ensures that the interven-
tion strategies will reach out to high-risk popu-
lations, including racial and ethnic minorities, 
low-income urban and rural communities, and 
children. 
(4) PRIORITY.—In providing assistance under 
the grant program authorized under paragraph (2), 
the Secretary and the Administrator shall give pri-
ority to research that incorporates— 
(A) minority-serving institutions as grant-
ees; 
(B) interdisciplinary approaches; or 
(C) the expertise of the public health, 
physical activity, nutrition and health care (in-
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cluding child health), urban planning, and 
transportation research communities in the 
United States and abroad. 
SEC. 1007. ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESTORA-
TION. 
(a) FINDINGS.— 
(1) GENERAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds 
as follows: 
(A) As human beings, we share our envi-
ronment with a wide variety of habitats and 
ecosystems that nurture and sustain a diversity 
of species. 
(B) The abundance of natural resources in 
our environment forms the basis for our econ-
omy and has greatly contributed to human de-
velopment throughout history. 
(C) The accelerated pace of human devel-
opment over the last several hundred years has 
significantly impacted our natural environment 
and its resources, the health and diversity of 
plant and animal wildlife, the availability of 
critical habitats, the quality of our air and our 
water, and our global climate. 
(D) The intervention of the Federal Gov-
ernment is necessary to minimize and mitigate 
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