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Calendar No. 631
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4793
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 2, 2002
Received and read the first time 
OCTOBER 3, 2002
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To authorize grants through the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention for mosquito control programs to prevent 
mosquito-borne diseases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mosquito Abatement 
for Safety and Health Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS REGARDING PREVENTION OF MOSQUITO-
BORNE DISEASES. 
Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.), as amended by section 4 of Public 
Law 107–84 and section 312 of Public Law 107–188, is 
amended—
(1) by transferring section 317R from the cur-
rent placement of the section and inserting the sec-
tion after section 317Q; and 
(2) by inserting after section 317R (as so trans-
ferred) the following section: 
‘‘SEC. 317S. MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES; ASSESSMENT AND 
CONTROL GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVI-
SIONS; COORDINATION GRANTS TO STATES. 
‘‘(a) PREVENTION AND CONTROL GRANTS TO POLIT-
ICAL SUBDIVISIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, may make grants to polit-
ical subdivisions of States for the operation of mos-
quito control programs to prevent and control mos-
quito-borne diseases (referred to in this section as 
‘control programs’).
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‘‘(2) PREFERENCE
IN
MAKING
GRANTS.—In 
making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall give preference to political subdivisions that—
‘‘(A) have an incidence or prevalence of 
mosquito-borne disease, or a population of in-
fected mosquitoes, that is substantial relative to 
other political subdivisions; 
‘‘(B) demonstrate to the Secretary that the 
political subdivisions will, if appropriate to the 
mosquito circumstances involved, effectively co-
ordinate the activities of the control programs 
with contiguous political subdivisions; and 
‘‘(C) demonstrate to the Secretary (directly 
or through State officials) that the State in 
which the political subdivision is located has 
identified or will identify geographic areas in 
the State that have a significant need for con-
trol programs and will effectively coordinate 
such programs in such areas. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT
OF
ASSESSMENT
AND 
PLAN.—A grant may be made under paragraph (1) 
only if the political subdivision involved—
‘‘(A) has conducted an assessment to de-
termine the immediate needs in such subdivi-
sion for a control program, including an ento-
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mological survey of potential mosquito breeding 
areas; and 
‘‘(B) has, on the basis of such assessment, 
developed a plan for carrying out such a pro-
gram. 
‘‘(4) REQUIREMENT OF MATCHING FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the 
costs of a control program to be carried out 
under paragraph (1) by a political subdivision, 
a grant under such paragraph may be made 
only if the subdivision agrees to make available 
(directly or through donations from public or 
private entities) non-Federal contributions to-
ward such costs in an amount that is not less 
than 1⁄3 of such costs ($1 for each $2 of Fed-
eral funds provided in the grant). 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION
OF
AMOUNT
CON-
TRIBUTED.—Non-Federal 
contributions 
re-
quired in subparagraph (A) may be in cash or 
in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equip-
ment, or services. Amounts provided by the 
Federal Government, or services assisted or 
subsidized to any significant extent by the Fed-
eral Government, may not be included in deter-
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mining the amount of such non-Federal con-
tributions. 
‘‘(C) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive 
the requirement established in subparagraph 
(A) if the Secretary determines that extraor-
dinary economic conditions in the political sub-
division involved justify the waiver. 
‘‘(5) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—A grant may 
be made under paragraph (1) only if the political 
subdivision involved agrees that, promptly after the 
end of the fiscal year for which the grant is made, 
the subdivision will submit to the Secretary, and to 
the State within which the subdivision is located, a 
report that describes the control program and con-
tains an evaluation of whether the program was ef-
fective. 
‘‘(6) 
AMOUNT
OF
GRANT; 
NUMBER
OF 
GRANTS.—A grant under paragraph (1) for a fiscal 
year may not exceed $100,000. A political subdivi-
sion may not receive more than one grant under 
such paragraph. 
‘‘(b) ASSESSMENT GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVI-
SIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease
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Control and Prevention, may make grants to polit-
ical subdivisions of States to conduct the assess-
ments and to develop the plans that are required in 
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) as a condition of re-
ceiving a grant under paragraph (1) of such sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) 
AMOUNT
OF
GRANT; 
NUMBER
OF 
GRANTS.—A grant under paragraph (1) for a fiscal 
year may not exceed $10,000. A political subdivision 
may not receive more than one grant under such 
paragraph. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION GRANTS TO STATES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, may make grants to States 
for the purpose of coordinating control programs in 
the State. 
‘‘(2) PREFERENCE
IN
MAKING
GRANTS.—In 
making grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall give preference to States that have one or more 
political subdivisions with an incidence or prevalence 
of mosquito-borne disease, or a population of in-
fected mosquitoes, that is substantial relative to po-
litical subdivisions in other States.
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‘‘(3) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.—A grant may 
be made under paragraph (1) only if—
‘‘(A) the State involved has developed, or 
agrees to develop, a plan for coordinating con-
trol programs in the State, and the plan takes 
into account any assessments or plans described 
in subsection (a)(3) that have been conducted 
or developed, respectively, by political subdivi-
sions in the State; 
‘‘(B) in developing such plan, the State 
consulted or will consult (as the case may be 
under subparagraph (A)) with political subdivi-
sions in the State that are carrying out or plan-
ning to carry out control programs; and 
‘‘(C) the State agrees to monitor control 
programs in the State in order to ensure that 
the programs are carried out in accordance with 
such plan, with priority given to coordination of 
control programs in political subdivisions de-
scribed in paragraph (2) that are contiguous. 
‘‘(4) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—A grant may 
be made under paragraph (1) only if the State in-
volved agrees that, promptly after the end of the fis-
cal year for which the grant is made, the State will 
submit to the Secretary a report that—
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‘‘(A) describes the activities of the State 
under the grant; and 
‘‘(B) contains an evaluation of whether the 
control programs of political subdivisions in the 
State were effectively coordinated with each 
other, which evaluation takes into account any 
reports that the State received under subsection 
(a)(5) from such subdivisions. 
‘‘(5) 
AMOUNT
OF
GRANT; 
NUMBER
OF 
GRANTS.—A grant under paragraph (1) for a fiscal 
year may not exceed $10,000. A State may not re-
ceive more than one grant under such paragraph. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS.—A grant may be 
made under subsection (a), (b), or (c) only if an applica-
tion for the grant is submitted to the Secretary and the 
application is in such form, is made in such manner, and 
contains such agreements, assurances, and information as 
the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out this 
section. 
‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may 
provide training and technical assistance with respect to 
the planning, development, and operation of control pro-
grams under subsection (a) and assessments and plans 
under subsection (b). The Secretary may provide such
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technical assistance directly or through awards of grants 
or contracts to public and private entities. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘control program’ has the mean-
ing indicated for such term in subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘political subdivision’ means the 
local political jurisdiction immediately below the level 
of State government, including counties, parishes, 
and boroughs. If State law recognizes an entity of 
general government that functions in lieu of, and is 
not within, a county, parish, or borough, the Sec-
retary may recognize an area under the jurisdiction 
of such other entities of general government as a po-
litical subdivision for purposes of this Act. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and 
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 
2004 through 2007. In the case of control programs car-
ried out in response to a mosquito-borne disease that con-
stitutes a public health emergency, the authorization of 
appropriations under the preceding sentence is in addition 
to applicable authorizations of appropriations under the 
Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness 
and Response Act of 2002.’’.
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SEC. 3. RESEARCH PROGRAM OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES. 
Subpart 12 of part C of title IV of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following section: 
‘‘METHODS OF CONTROLLING CERTAIN INSECT 
POPULATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 463B. The Director of the Institute shall con-
duct or support research to identify or develop methods 
of controlling the population of insects that transmit to 
humans diseases that have significant adverse health con-
sequences.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 1, 
2002. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
Calendar No. 631
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4793
AN ACT 
To authorize grants through the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention for mosquito control 
programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases. 
OCTOBER 3, 2002
Read the second time and placed on the calendar