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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2201
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend programs
relating to the prevention and control of injuries.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 20, 1993
Mr. KREIDLER (for himself, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. MOORHEAD, Mr. TOWNS, Mr.
GREENWOOD, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mrs. MORELLA) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend
programs relating to the prevention and control of injuries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Injury Prevention and
Control Amendments of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF REQUIREMENTS WITH RE-
SPECT TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
Part K of title III of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating sections 393 and 394 as
sections 394 and 394A, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 392 the following
section:
‘‘DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT
‘‘SEC. 393. With respect to activities that are author-
ized in sections 391 and 392, the Secretary, acting
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, shall carry out such activities with respect
to domestic violence and sexual assault. Activities author-
ized in the preceding sentence include—
‘‘(1) collecting data relating to the incidence of
such violence and assault;
‘‘(2) making grants to public and nonprofit pri-
vate entities for the evaluation of programs whose
purpose is to prevent such violence and assault;
‘‘(3) providing to the public information and
education on such violence and assault;
‘‘(4) training health care providers to identify
individuals whose medical condition or statements
indicate that the individuals are victims of such vio-
lence or assault, and to refer the individuals to enti-
ties that provide services regarding such violence
and assault; and
‘‘(5) making grants to public and nonprofit pri-
vate entities for demonstration projects with respect
to such violence and assault.’’.
SEC. 3. ADVISORY COMMITTEE; REPORTS.
Section 394 of the Public Health Service Act, as rede-
signed by section 2(1) of this Act, is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘GENERAL PROVISIONS
‘‘SEC. 394. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
shall establish an advisory committee to advise the Sec-
retary and such Director with respect to the prevention
and control of injuries.
‘‘(b) Not later than February 1 of 1994 and of every
second year thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives, and to the Com-
mittee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a
report describing the activities carried out under this part
during the preceding 2 fiscal years. Such report shall in-
clude a description of such activities that were carried out
(2) in section 391(b), by adding at the end the
following sentence: ‘‘In carrying out the preceding
sentence, the Secretary shall disseminate such infor-
mation to the public, including through elementary
and secondary schools.’’.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 394A of the Public Health Service Act, as
redesignated by section 2(1) of this Act, is amended by
striking ‘‘To carry out’’ and all that follows and inserting
the following: ‘‘For the purpose of carrying out this part,
there are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for
fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998.’’.
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