‘‘(B) aiming to develop new knowledge in 
the science and practice of antiracism, including 
by identifying the mechanisms by which racism 
operates in the provision of health care and in 
systems that impact health and well-being; 
‘‘(C) transferring that knowledge into 
practice, including by developing interventions 
that dismantle the mechanisms of racism and 
replace such mechanisms with equitable struc-
tures, policies, practices, norms, and values so 
that a healthy society can be realized; and 
‘‘(D) contributing to a national and global 
conversation regarding the impacts of racism on 
the health and well-being of the United States 
and world. 
‘‘(2) GENERAL DUTIES.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Center, shall undertake activities to 
carry out the mission of the Center as described in 
paragraph (1), such as the following: 
‘‘(A) Conduct research into, collect, ana-
lyze and make publicly available data on, and 
provide leadership and coordination for the 
science and practice of antiracism, the public 
health impacts of structural racism, and the ef-
fectiveness of intervention strategies to address 
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these impacts. Topics of research and data col-
lection under this subparagraph may include 
identifying and understanding— 
‘‘(i) policies and practices that have a 
disparate impact on the health and well- 
being of communities of color; 
‘‘(ii) the public health impacts of im-
plicit racial bias, White supremacy, weath-
ering, 
xenophobia, 
discrimination, 
and 
prejudice; 
‘‘(iii) the social determinants of health 
resulting from structural racism, including 
poverty, housing, employment, political 
participation, and environmental factors; 
and 
‘‘(iv) the intersection of racism and 
other systems of oppression, including as 
related to age, sexual orientation, gender 
identity, and disability status. 
‘‘(B) Award noncompetitive grants and co-
operative agreements to eligible public and non-
profit private entities, including State, local, 
territorial, and Tribal health agencies and orga-
nizations, for the research and collection, anal-
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ysis, and reporting of data on the topics de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) Establish, through grants or coopera-
tive agreements, at least 3 regional centers of 
excellence, located in racial and ethnic minority 
communities, in antiracism for the purpose of 
developing new knowledge in the science and 
practice of antiracism in health by researching, 
understanding, and identifying the mechanisms 
by which racism operates in the health space, 
racial and ethnic inequities in health care ac-
cess and outcomes, the history of successful 
antiracist movements in health, and other 
antiracist public health work. 
‘‘(D) Establish a clearinghouse within the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 
the collection and storage of data generated 
under the programs implemented under this 
section for which there is not an otherwise ex-
isting surveillance system at the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention. Such data 
shall— 
‘‘(i) be comprehensive and disaggre-
gated, to the extent practicable, by includ-
ing racial, ethnic, primary language, sex, 
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gender identity, sexual orientation, age, so-
cioeconomic status, and disability dispari-
ties; 
‘‘(ii) be made publicly available; 
‘‘(iii) protect the privacy of individuals 
whose information is included in such data; 
and 
‘‘(iv) comply with privacy protections 
under the regulations promulgated under 
section 264(c) of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. 
‘‘(E) Provide information and education to 
the public on the public health impacts of struc-
tural racism and on antiracist public health 
interventions. 
‘‘(F) Consult with other Centers and Na-
tional Institutes within the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, including the Office of 
Minority Health and Health Equity and the 
Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial 
Support, to ensure that scientific and pro-
grammatic activities initiated by the agency 
consider structural racism in their designs, 
conceptualizations, and executions, which shall 
include— 
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‘‘(i) putting measures of racism in 
population-based surveys; 
‘‘(ii) establishing a Federal Advisory 
Committee on racism and health for the 
Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion; 
‘‘(iii) developing training programs, 
curricula, and seminars for the purposes of 
training public health professionals and re-
searchers around issues of race, racism, 
and antiracism; 
‘‘(iv) providing standards and best 
practices for programming and grant re-
cipient compliance with Federal data col-
lection standards, including section 4302 
of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act; and 
‘‘(v) establishing leadership and stake-
holder councils with experts and leaders in 
racism and public health disparities. 
‘‘(G) Coordinate with the Indian Health 
Service and with the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention’s Tribal Advisory Com-
mittee to ensure meaningful Tribal consulta-
tion, the gathering of information from Tribal 
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