deaths in the United States are attributable to 
chronic diseases, with more than 1,700,000 deaths 
each year attributable to chronic diseases; 
(2) with 90,000,000 people suffering from 
chronic 
diseases 
each 
year, 
and 
over 
$750,000,000,000 in health care costs as a result, 
the national cost of chronic disease is extremely high 
and must be appropriately addressed; 
(3) the rates of many chronic diseases, includ-
ing asthma, some birth defects, cancers, and autism, 
appear to be increasing; 
(4) there is a growing amount of evidence that 
environmental factors are strongly linked with spe-
cific chronic disease; 
(5) a major gap in critical knowledge exists re-
garding the prevalence and incidence of chronic dis-
eases; 
(6) States, local communities, territories, and 
Indian tribes need assistance with public health ef-
forts that would lead to prevention of chronic dis-
ease, including the establishment and maintenance 
of necessary infrastructure for disease and environ-
mental hazard exposure surveillance; 
(7) several chronic conditions that have a dis-
proportionate impact upon minority communities, 
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such as asthma, have been linked to environmental 
factors, and work on health disparities should in-
clude efforts to research these links and ameliorate 
the environmental factors tied to these conditions; 
and 
(8) a Coordinated Environmental Public Health 
Network will help target resources to areas of chron-
ic disease prevention most in need. 
(b) PURPOSES.—It is the purpose of this Act to— 
(1) develop, ensure oversight of the operation 
of, and maintain a Coordinated Environmental Pub-
lic Health Network and State Environmental Public 
Health Networks, and operate and maintain rapid 
response capabilities so that the Federal Govern-
ment, States, local governments, territories, and In-
dian tribes can more effectively monitor, investigate, 
respond to, research, and prevent increases in the 
incidence and prevalence of certain chronic diseases 
and relevant environmental and other risk factors; 
(2) provide information collected through the 
Coordinated and State Environmental Public Health 
Networks to government agencies, public health 
practitioners and researchers, State and local policy 
makers, health officials, and the public; 
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(3) expand and coordinate among existing sur-
veillance and data collection systems and other infra-
structure for chronic diseases and relevant environ-
mental, and other risk factors, including those rel-
evant to bioterrorism; 
(4) improve coordination between the areas of 
public health, environmental protection, and chem-
ical, radiological and biological terrorism; 
(5) provide necessary support to ensure the 
availability of a sufficient number of well-trained en-
vironmental health and public health personnel to 
participate and provide leadership in the develop-
ment and maintenance of the Coordinated and State 
Environmental Public Health Networks; and 
(6) encourage coordination between researchers 
and Federal, State, and local entities, including the 
National Institutes of Health, for genetic studies on 
diseases associated with environmental factors with 
an emphasis on finding genetic risk factors and 
mutations associated with such diseases. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
ACT. 
The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘TITLE XXX—COORDINATED EN-
VIRONMENTAL 
PUBLIC 
HEALTH NETWORK 
‘‘SEC. 3000. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
‘‘(2) 
COMMITTEE.—The 
term 
‘Committee’ 
means the Advisory Committee established under 
section 3001(d). 
‘‘(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention. 
‘‘(4) DIRECTOR OF CENTER.—The term ‘Direc-
tor of Center’ means the Director of the National 
Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention. 
‘‘(5) MEDICAL
PRIVACY
REGULATIONS.—The 
term ‘medical privacy regulations’ means the regula-
tions promulgated under section 264(c) of the 
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 
of 1996. 
‘‘(6) COORDINATED NETWORK.—The term ‘Co-
ordinated Network’ means the Coordinated Environ-
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mental Public Health Network established under 
section 3001(a). 
‘‘(7) PRIORITY
CHRONIC
CONDITIONS
AND 
HEALTH EFFECTS.—The term ‘priority chronic con-
ditions and health effects’ means the conditions to 
be tracked in the Coordinated Network and the 
State Networks, such as birth defects, developmental 
disabilities (such as cerebral palsy, autism, and men-
tal retardation), asthma and chronic respiratory dis-
eases, neurological diseases (such as Parkinson’s dis-
ease, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, and 
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), autoimmune diseases 
(such as lupus), cancer, juvenile diabetes, and such 
other priority chronic conditions and health effects 
as the Secretary may specify. 
‘‘(8) STATE NETWORK.—The term ‘State Net-
work’ means a State Environmental Public Health 
Network established under section 3001(b). 
‘‘(9) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means a State, 
local government, territory, or Indian tribe that is 
eligible to receive a health tracking grant under sec-
tion 3001(b). 
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‘‘SEC. 3001. ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATED AND STATE 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
NET-
WORKS. 
‘‘(a) 
COORDINATED
ENVIRONMENTAL
PUBLIC 
HEALTH NETWORK.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 36 
months after the date of the enactment of this title, 
the Secretary, acting through the Director, in con-
sultation with the Administrator and the Director of 
Center, and with the involvement of other Federal 
agencies, State and local health departments, and 
the Committee, shall establish and operate a Coordi-
nated Environmental Public Health Network. In es-
tablishing and operating the Coordinated Network, 
the Secretary shall, as practicable— 
‘‘(A) identify, build upon, expand, and co-
ordinate among existing data and surveillance 
systems, surveys, registries, and other Federal 
public health and environmental infrastructure 
as practicable, including— 
‘‘(i) the Public Health Information 
Network; 
‘‘(ii) State birth defects surveillance 
systems as supported under section 317C; 
‘‘(iii) State cancer registries as sup-
ported under part M of title III; 
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‘‘(iv) State asthma surveillance sys-
tems as supported under section 317I; 
‘‘(v) the National Health and Nutri-
tion Examination Survey; 
‘‘(vi) the Behavioral Risk Factor Sur-
veillance System; 
‘‘(vii) the Hazardous Substance Re-
lease/Health Effects Database; 
‘‘(viii) 
the 
Hazardous 
Substances 
Emergency Events Surveillance System; 
and 
‘‘(ix) the State vital statistics systems 
as supported under section 306; 
‘‘(B) provide for public access to an elec-
tronic national database that accepts data from 
the State Networks on the incidence and preva-
lence of priority chronic conditions and health 
effects and relevant environmental and other 
factors, in a manner which protects personal 
privacy consistent with the medical privacy reg-
ulations; 
‘‘(C) prepare and publish, in accordance 
with paragraph (2)— 
‘‘(i) not later than 12 months after 
the date of enactment of this title, and an-
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nually thereafter, a Coordinated Environ-
mental Public Health Network Status Re-
port (referred to in this title as the ‘Status 
Report’) to provide to Congress and the 
public an update on the progress made to-
ward developing and further expanding the 
Coordinated Network and State Networks, 
with such report to be made available to 
the public on the websites of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention and 
the Environmental Protection Agency; and 
‘‘(ii) not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this title, and bienni-
ally thereafter, a Coordinated Network 
Health and Environment Report describing 
environmental and other factors potentially 
relevant to the Nation’s health, in order to 
allow the public to access and understand 
information about environmental health at 
the Federal, State, and, where practicable, 
local level; 
‘‘(D) operate and maintain National Envi-
ronmental Health Rapid Response Services 
through the Epidemic Intelligence Service, and 
other mechanisms available through the Na-
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tional Center for Environmental Health of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Dis-
ease Registry, to carry out the activities de-
scribed in paragraph (3), as practicable; 
‘‘(E) provide for the establishment of State 
Networks, and coordinate the State Networks 
as provided for under subsection (b); 
‘‘(F) provide technical assistance to sup-
port the State Networks, including providing— 
‘‘(i) training for environmental health 
investigators appointed or hired under sub-
section (b)(3)(D); 
‘‘(ii) technical assistance as needed to 
States to build necessary capacity and in-
frastructure for the establishment of a 
State Network, including a computerized 
data collection, reporting, and processing 
system, and additional assistance identified 
by the States under subsection (b)(5)(C) 
as necessary for infrastructure develop-
ment, such as assistance to improve the ex-
pertise of personnel in responding to envi-
ronmental health concerns; and 
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‘‘(iii) such other technical assistance 
as the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Administrator and the Director of Center, 
determines to be necessary; 
‘‘(G) not later than 12 months after the 
date of the enactment of this title, develop min-
imum standards and procedures in accordance 
with paragraph (4) for data collection and re-
porting for the State Networks, to be updated 
not less than annually thereafter; and 
‘‘(H) in developing the minimum standards 
and procedures under subparagraph (G), in-
clude mechanisms for allowing the States to set 
priorities, and allocate resources accordingly, 
among the factors described in subparagraphs 
(A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (4). 
‘‘(2) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Each Status Re-
port prepared under paragraph (1)(C)(i) shall 
include— 
‘‘(i) a statement of the activities car-
ried out under this title; 
‘‘(ii) the identification of gaps in the 
data of the Coordinated Network, includ-
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ing diseases of concern and environmental 
exposures not tracked; and 
‘‘(iii) identification of key milestones 
achieved in the preceding year. 
‘‘(B) BIENNIAL REPORTS.—Each Coordi-
nated Network Health and Environment Report 
prepared under paragraph (1)(C)(ii) shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(i) a statement of the activities car-
ried out under this title; 
‘‘(ii) an analysis of the most currently 
available incidence, prevalence, and trends 
of priority chronic conditions and health 
effects, and potentially relevant environ-
mental and other factors, by State and, as 
practicable, by local areas such as a census 
tract or other political or administrative 
subdivision, as determined appropriate by 
the Secretary in consultation with the Ad-
ministrator; 
‘‘(iii) recommendations regarding high 
risk populations, public health concerns, 
response and prevention strategies, and ad-
ditional tracking needs; and 
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‘‘(iv) to the extent practicable, a dis-
cussion of genetic risk factors that have 
been shown to be associated with environ-
mental factors and these priority chronic 
conditions and health effects. 
‘‘(3) 
NATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH 
RAPID RESPONSE SERVICES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The National Envi-
ronmental Health Rapid Response Services op-
erated under paragraph (1)(D) shall— 
‘‘(i) work with environmental health 
investigators appointed or hired under sub-
section (b)(3)(D) to develop and implement 
strategies, protocols, and guidelines for the 
coordinated, rapid responses to actual and 
perceived higher than expected incidence 
and prevalence rates of priority chronic 
conditions and health effects and to acute 
and potential environmental hazards and 
exposures; 
‘‘(ii) provide assistance in the conduct 
of investigations into higher than expected 
incidence and prevalence rates of priority 
chronic conditions and health effects or en-
vironmental exposures after a State re-
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quests assistance, through a process estab-
lished by the Secretary; 
‘‘(iii) coordinate activities carried out 
under this title with activities carried out 
under sections 319 through 319G; and 
‘‘(iv) coordinate activities carried out 
under this title with other Federal and 
State agencies, as appropriate. 
‘‘(B) COORDINATION WITH EXISTING EF-
FORTS.—The National Environmental Health 
Rapid Response Services operated under para-
graph (1)(D) shall incorporate the efforts, 
strategies, and protocols of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention with respect to 
rapidly responding to and investigating possible 
increases in priority chronic conditions and 
other health effects and environmental health 
threats. 
‘‘(4) DATA
COLLECTION
AND
REPORTING
BY 
STATE
NETWORKS.—The minimum standards and 
procedures referred to in paragraph (1)(G) shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) a list and definitions of the priority 
chronic conditions and health effects to be 
tracked through the State Networks; 
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‘‘(B) a list and definitions of relevant envi-
ronmental exposures of concern to be tracked, 
to the extent practicable, through the State 
Networks, including— 
‘‘(i) hazardous air pollutants (as de-
fined in section 302(g) of the Clean Air 
Act); 
‘‘(ii) air pollutants for which national 
primary ambient air quality standards 
have been promulgated under section 109 
of the Clean Air Act; 
‘‘(iii) pollutants or contaminants (as 
defined in section 101 of the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980); 
‘‘(iv) toxic chemicals (as described in 
section 313 of the Emergency Planning 
and Community Right-to-Know Act of 
1986); 
‘‘(v) substances reported under the 
Toxic Substances Control Act Inventory 
Update Rule as provided for in part 710 of 
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
successor regulations; 
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‘‘(vi) pesticides (as defined in section 
2(u) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act); and 
‘‘(vii) such other potentially relevant 
environmental factors as the Secretary 
may specify; 
‘‘(C) a list and definitions of potentially 
relevant 
behavioral, 
socioeconomic, 
demo-
graphic, and genetic factors known to be associ-
ated with these priority chronic conditions and 
health effects and other risk factors, such as 
race, ethnic status, gender, age, occupation, and 
primary language, to be tracked through the 
State Networks; 
‘‘(D) procedures for the complete and 
timely collection and reporting of data to the 
Coordinated Network by local areas, such as a 
census tract or other political subdivision deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Administrator, regarding the 
factors described in subparagraphs (A), (B), 
and (C); 
‘‘(E) procedures for making data available 
to the public and researchers, and for reporting 
to the Coordinated Network, while protecting 
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the confidentiality of all personal data reported, 
in accordance with medical privacy regulations; 
‘‘(F) standards and procedures for the es-
tablishment, operation, and maintenance of lab-
oratories conducting biomonitoring, in order to 
expand the scope and amount of biomonitoring 
data collected by the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention as described in section 
3004; 
‘‘(G) criteria for the environmental health 
investigators as required under subsection 
(b)(3)(D); 
‘‘(H) procedures for record and data main-
tenance and verification; and 
‘‘(I) a framework for coordinating genetic 
studies on these priority chronic conditions and 
health effects associated with environmental 
factors including privacy protections, informed 
consent, and contact information for patients 
wishing to enroll in clinical trials. 
‘‘(b) STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH NET-
WORKS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Not later than 12 months after 
the date of the enactment of this title, the Secretary, 
acting through the Director, in consultation with the 
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Administrator and the Director of Center, and tak-
ing into consideration the findings of the Committee, 
shall award grants to States for the establishment, 
maintenance, and operation of State Environmental 
Public Health Networks in accordance with the min-
imum standards and procedures established by the 
Secretary under subsection (a)(4). 
‘‘(2) SPECIALIZED
ASSISTANCE.—The Coordi-
nated Network shall provide specialized assistance to 
grantees in the establishment, maintenance, and op-
eration of State Networks. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—A State receiving a 
grant under this subsection shall use the grant— 
‘‘(A) to establish an environmental public 
health network that will provide— 
‘‘(i) for the tracking of the incidence, 
prevalence, and trends of priority chronic 
conditions and health effects, and poten-
tially relevant environmental and other fac-
tors as set forth in subsection (a), as well 
as any additional priority chronic condi-
tions and health effects and potentially re-
lated environmental exposures of concern 
to that State; 
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‘‘(ii) for identification of priority 
chronic conditions and health effects and 
potentially relevant environmental, genetic, 
and other factors that disproportionately 
impact low income and minority commu-
nities; 
‘‘(iii) for the protection of the con-
fidentiality of all personal data reported, in 
accordance with the medical privacy regu-
lations; 
‘‘(iv) a means by which confidential 
data may, in accordance with Federal and 
State law, be disclosed to researchers for 
the purposes of public health research; 
‘‘(v) the fullest possible public access 
to data collected by the State Network or 
through the Coordinated Network, while 
ensuring that individual privacy is pro-
tected 
in 
accordance 
with 
subsection 
(a)(1)(B); and 
‘‘(vi) for the collection of exposure 
data through biomonitoring and other 
methods, which may include the entering 
into of cooperative agreements as described 
in section 3004; 
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ment and maintenance of the rapid response 
protocol established under subparagraph (E); 
‘‘(E) to establish a rapid response protocol, 
coordinated by the grantee’s environmental 
health investigator, in order to respond in a 
timely manner to actual and perceived incidence 
and prevalence rates of priority chronic diseases 
that are higher than expected, acute and poten-
tial environmental hazards and exposures, and 
other environmental health concerns, including 
warning the public when emergent public health 
concerns are detected through the State Net-
work, and concerns regarding vulnerable sub-
populations and disproportionately impacted 
subpopulations; 
‘‘(F) to establish an advisory committee to 
ensure local community input to the State Net-
work; and 
‘‘(G) to recruit and train public health offi-
cials to continue to expand the State Network. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—A State that receives a 
grant under this section may not use more than 10 
percent of the funds made available through the 
grant for administrative costs. 
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‘‘(5) APPLICATION.—To seek a grant under this 
section, a State shall submit to the Secretary an ap-
plication at such time, in such form and manner, 
and accompanied by such information as the Sec-
retary may specify. The Secretary may not approve 
an application for a grant under this subsection un-
less the application— 
‘‘(A) contains assurances that the State 
will— 
‘‘(i) use the grant only in compliance 
with the requirements of this title; and 
‘‘(ii) establish such fiscal control and 
fund accounting procedures as may be nec-
essary to ensure the proper disbursement 
and accounting of Federal funds paid to 
the State under the grant; 
‘‘(B) contains the assurance that the State 
will establish a State Network as required by 
this subsection; and 
‘‘(C) contains assurances that if the State 
is unable to meet all of the requirements de-
scribed in this subsection within the prescribed 
time period, the State will use grant funds to 
increase the public health infrastructure of the 
State, acting in cooperation with the Coordi-
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nated Network, in order to implement and 
maintain a State Network within 24 months of 
the receipt of such grant. 
‘‘(c) PILOT PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may apply for a 
grant under this subsection to implement a pilot 
project that is approved by the Secretary, acting 
through the Director and in consultation with the 
Administrator, the Director of Center, and the Com-
mittee. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—A State shall use amounts 
received under a grant under this subsection to 
carry out a pilot project designed to develop State 
Network enhancements and to develop programs to 
address specific local and regional concerns, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) the expansion of the State Network 
to include additional chronic diseases or envi-
ronmental exposures; 
‘‘(B) the conduct of investigations of local 
concerns of increased incidence or prevalence of 
priority chronic conditions and health effects 
and environmental exposures; and 
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‘‘(C) the carrying out of other activities as 
determined to be a priority by the State or con-
sortium of regional States and the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) RESULTS.—The Secretary may consider 
the results of the pilot projects under this subsection 
for inclusion into the Coordinated Network. 
‘‘(d) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 9 
months after the date of the enactment of this title, 
the Secretary acting jointly with the Administrator 
and the Director of Center, shall establish an Advi-
sory Committee in accordance with the Federal Ad-
visory Committee Act. 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall be composed of 16 members to be 
appointed by the Secretary. Each member of 
the Advisory Committee shall serve a 3-year 
term, except that the Secretary may appoint the 
initial members of the Advisory Committee for 
lesser terms in order to comply with the fol-
lowing sentence. In appointing the members of 
the Advisory Committee, the Secretary shall en-
sure that the terms of 5 or 6 members expire 
each year. 
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‘‘(B) 
QUALIFICATIONS.—The 
Advisory 
Committee shall include at least— 
‘‘(i) 9 members that have experience 
in the areas of— 
‘‘(I) public health; 
‘‘(II) the environment, especially 
toxic chemicals and human exposure; 
‘‘(III) epidemiology; 
‘‘(IV) biomonitoring and other 
relevant exposure technologies; and 
‘‘(V) human disease genetics; and 
‘‘(ii) 1 member representing nonprofit 
organizations with expertise in environ-
mental 
health, 
community-based 
participatory research, and developing a 
community response to priority chronic 
conditions and health effects. 
‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Advisory Committee 
shall not later than 12 months after the date of the 
enactment of this title, and at least once every 12 
months thereafter, report to Congress on the 
progress of the Coordinated Network. 
‘‘(4) HEARINGS.—The Advisory Committee 
shall hold such hearings, sit and act at such times 
and places, take such testimony, and receive such 
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evidence as the Committee considers appropriate to 
carry out the objectives of the Coordinated Network. 
‘‘(5) 
DUTIES.—The 
Advisory 
Committee 
shall— 
‘‘(A) review and provide input for each 
Status Report and Coordinated Network Health 
and Environment Report prior to publication, 
and make recommendations as to the progress 
of the Coordinated Network, including identi-
fying information gaps in the network; 
‘‘(B) assist in developing the minimum 
standards and procedures for the State Net-
works under subsection (a)(4) and developing 
coordinated and standardized guidelines to re-
spond to priority chronic conditions and health 
effects; and 
‘‘(C) provide ongoing public input to the 
Coordinated Network. 
‘‘(e) PRIVACY.—In establishing and operating the Co-
ordinated Network under subsection (a), and in making 
grants under subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall 
ensure the protection of privacy of individually identifiable 
health information, including ensuring protection con-
sistent with the regulations promulgated under section 
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264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Account-
ability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d–2 note). 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 
‘‘SEC. 3002. INCREASING PUBLIC HEALTH PERSONNEL CA-
PACITY. 
‘‘(a) SCHOOLS OR PROGRAMS OF PUBLIC HEALTH 
CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Beginning in fiscal year 2008, 
the Secretary may award grants to at least 5 accred-
ited schools or programs of public health for the es-
tablishment, maintenance, and operation of Centers 
of Excellence for research and demonstration with 
respect to priority chronic conditions and health ef-
fects and relevant environmental factors. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—A Center of Excellence es-
tablished or operated under paragraph (1) shall un-
dertake research and development projects in at 
least 1 of the following areas: 
‘‘(A) Investigating causal connections be-
tween priority chronic conditions and health ef-
fects and environmental factors. 
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‘‘(B) Increasing the understanding of the 
causes of higher than expected incidence and 
prevalence rates of priority chronic conditions 
and health effects and developing more effective 
intervention methods for when such elevated 
rates occur. 
‘‘(C) Identifying additional chronic condi-
tions and environmental factors that could be 
tracked by the Coordinated Network. 
‘‘(D) Improving translation of Coordinated 
Network tracking results into effective preven-
tion activities. 
‘‘(E) Improving training of the public 
health workforce in environmental epidemiology, 
public health surveillance, and effective risk 
communication. 
‘‘(F) Establishing links to the Coordinated 
Network and the State Networks to identify as-
sociations that warrant further study. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR CENTERS OF EXCEL-
LENCE.—To be eligible to receive a grant under 
paragraph (1), a school or program of public health 
shall provide assurances that the school or pro-
gram— 
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‘‘(A) meets the minimum requirements as 
established by the Secretary in consultation 
with the Director; 
‘‘(B) maintains privacy for public health 
information if appropriate to the project, in-
cluding the protections described in section 
3001(e); and 
‘‘(C) makes public information regarding 
the findings and results of the programs. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2008 through 2012. 
‘‘(b) JOHN H. CHAFEE PUBLIC HEALTH SCHOLAR 
PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
scholarships, to be known as John H. Chafee Public 
Health Scholarships, to eligible students who are en-
rolled in an accredited school of public health or 
medicine. The Secretary shall determine both the 
criteria and eligibility requirements for such scholar-
ships, after consultation with the Committee. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
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this subsection $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 
2008 through 2012. 
‘‘(c) APPLIED EPIDEMIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP PRO-
GRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Beginning in fiscal year 
2008, the Secretary, acting through the Director, 
shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the 
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists to 
train and place, in State and local health depart-
ments, applied epidemiology fellows to enhance State 
and local public health capacity in the areas of envi-
ronmental health, chronic and other noninfectious 
diseases and conditions, and public health surveil-
lance. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2008, and 
such sums as may be necessary in each of fiscal 
years 2009 through 2012. 
‘‘SEC. 3003. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
‘‘(a) APPROPRIATIONS ACCOUNT.—All authorizations 
of appropriations established in this title are authoriza-
tions exclusively for appropriations to the account that, 
among appropriations accounts for the Centers for Dis-
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ease Control and Prevention, is designated ‘Environmental 
Health’. 
‘‘(b) DATE CERTAIN FOR OBLIGATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—With respect to the process of receiving ap-
plications for and making awards of grants, cooperative 
agreements, and contracts under this title, the Secretary, 
acting through the Director, shall to the extent practicable 
design the process to ensure that amounts appropriated 
under this title for such awards for a fiscal year are obli-
gated not later than the beginning of the fourth quarter 
of the fiscal year, subject to compliance with section 1512 
of title 31, United States Code (relating to deficiency or 
supplemental appropriations), and other applicable law re-
garding appropriations accounting. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION WITH AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUB-
STANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY.—In carrying out this 
title, the Secretary, acting through the Director, shall co-
ordinate activities and responses with the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION
WITH
EXISTING
TRACKING 
PROGRAM THROUGH CDC.—The Secretary shall integrate 
the enactment of this title with all environmental health 
tracking programs funded prior to the date of enactment 
of this title, including by integrating the programs, in ex-
istence on the date of enactment of this title, to develop 
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