cluded in the membership of the coordinating com-
mittee referred to in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 4. ASTHMA-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF CENTERS FOR 
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 
(a) EXPANSION OF PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE 
ACTIVITIES; PROGRAM
FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION 
AND EDUCATION TO PUBLIC.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, acting through the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall collabo-
rate with the States to expand the scope of— 
(1) activities that are carried out to determine 
the incidence and prevalence of asthma; and 
(2) activities that are carried out to prevent the 
health consequences of asthma, including through 
the provision of information and education to the 
public regarding asthma, which may include the use 
of public service announcements through the media 
and such other means as such Director determines 
to be appropriate. 
(b) COMPILATION
OF
DATA.—The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, acting through the Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in 
consultation with the National Asthma Education Preven-
tion Program Coordinating Committee, shall— 
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(1) conduct local asthma surveillance activities 
to collect data on the prevalence and severity of 
asthma and the quality of asthma management, in-
cluding— 
(A) telephone surveys to collect sample 
household data on the local burden of asthma; 
and 
(B) health care facility specific surveillance 
to collect asthma data on the prevalence and se-
verity of asthma, and on the quality of asthma 
care; and 
(2) compile and annually publish data on— 
(A) the prevalence of children suffering 
from asthma in each State; and 
(B) the childhood mortality rate associated 
with asthma nationally and in each State. 
(c) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—In addition to any other 
authorization of appropriations that is available to the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the pur-
pose of carrying out this section, there is authorized to 
be appropriated to such Centers for such purpose 
$8,200,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 
2012. 
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SEC. 5. GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH REGARDING 
ASTHMA INFORMATION, EDUCATION, AND 
SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) may make grants to nonprofit private entities for 
projects to carry out, in communities identified by entities 
applying for the grants, outreach activities to provide for 
residents of the communities the following: 
(1) Information and education on asthma. 
(2) Referrals to health programs of public and 
nonprofit private entities that provide asthma-re-
lated services, including such services for low-income 
individuals. The grant may be expended to make ar-
rangements to coordinate the activities of such enti-
ties in order to establish and operate networks or 
consortia regarding such referrals. 
(b) PREFERENCES IN MAKING GRANTS.—In making 
grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to applicants that will carry out projects under such 
subsection in communities that are disproportionately af-
fected by asthma or underserved with respect to the activi-
ties described in such subsection and in which a significant 
number of low-income individuals reside. 
(c) EVALUATIONS.—A condition for a grant under 
subsection (a) is that the applicant for the grant agree 
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