nonprofit organizations, patient advocacy 
groups, and medical societies; and 
‘‘(B) makes recommendations for the fu-
ture direction of asthma activities, in consulta-
tion with researchers from the National Insti-
tutes of Health and other member bodies of the 
National Asthma Education and Prevention 
Program who are qualified to review and ana-
lyze data and evaluate interventions, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) how the Federal Government may 
improve its response to asthma; 
‘‘(ii) how the Federal Government 
may continue, expand, and improve its pri-
vate-public partnerships with respect to 
asthma; 
‘‘(iii) steps that may be taken to re-
duce the— 
‘‘(I) morbidity, mortality, and 
overall prevalence of asthma; 
‘‘(II) financial burden of asthma 
on society; 
‘‘(III) burden of asthma on dis-
proportionately affected areas, par-
ticularly those in medically under-
served populations (as defined in sec-
tion 330(b)(3)); and 
‘‘(IV) burden of asthma as a 
chronic disease; 
‘‘(iv) identify programs that have 
achieved the steps described under clause 
(iii), and steps that may be taken to ex-
pand such programs to benefit larger pop-
ulations; and 
‘‘(v) recommendations for future re-
search and interventions. 
‘‘(2) UPDATES TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(A) CONGRESSIONAL REQUEST.—During 
the 5-year period following the submission of 
the report under paragraph (1), the Program 
shall submit updates and revisions of the report 
upon the request of Congress. 
‘‘(B) FIVE-YEAR REEVALUATION.—At the 
end of the 5-year period following the submis-
sion of the report under paragraph (1), the 
Program shall evaluate its analyses and rec-
ommendations under such report and determine 
whether a new report to Congress is necessary, 
and make appropriate recommendations to Con-
gress.’’.
SEC. 5. ASTHMA–RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTERS 
FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 
Section 317I of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247b–10) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 317I. ASTHMA-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTERS 
FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION AND 
EDUCATION
TO
THE PUBLIC.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, shall collaborate with State and local 
health departments to conduct activities, including the 
provision of information and education to the public re-
garding asthma including— 
‘‘(1) deterring the harmful consequences of un-
controlled asthma; and 
‘‘(2) disseminating health education and infor-
mation regarding prevention of asthma episodes and 
strategies for managing asthma. 
‘‘(b) COMPILATION OF DATA.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, shall, in cooperation with State and local 
public health officials— 
‘‘(1) conduct asthma surveillance activities to 
collect data on the prevalence and severity of asth-
ma, the effectiveness of public health asthma inter-
ventions, and the quality of asthma management, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) collection of sample household data 
on the local burden of asthma; and 
‘‘(B) surveillance of sample health care fa-
cilities; and 
‘‘(2) compile and annually publish data regard-
ing— 
‘‘(A) the prevalence and incidence of chil-
dren suffering with asthma in each State and, 
to the extent practicable, at the county level; 
‘‘(B) the childhood mortality rate associ-
ated with asthma nationally and in each State 
and, to the extent practicable, at the county 
level; 
‘‘(C) the number of hospital admissions 
and emergency department visits by children 
associated with asthma nationally and in each 
State and, to the extent practicable, at the 
county level; and 
‘‘(D) the prevalence and incidence of adult 
asthma, the adult mortality rate, and the num-
ber of hospital admissions and emergency de-
partment visits by adults associated with asth-
ma nationally and in each State and, to the ex-
tent practicable, at the county level. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION OF DATA COLLECTION.—The 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion, in conjunction with State and local health depart-
ments, shall coordinate data collection activities under 
subsection (b)(2) so as to maximize comparability of re-
sults. 
‘‘(d) COLLABORATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention are encouraged to collabo-
rate with national, State, and local nonprofit organi-
zations to provide information and education about 
asthma, and to strengthen such collaborations when 
possible. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC
ACTIVITIES.—The Division of 
Adolescent and School Health is encouraged to ex-
pand its activities with non-Federal partners, espe-
cially State-level entities. 
‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—In addition to any 
other authorization of appropriations that is available to 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized 
to be appropriated to such Centers $5,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 for the purpose of car-
rying out this section.’’. 
SEC. 6. FELLOWSHIP TRAINING TO IMPROVE ASTHMA 
CARE. 
Part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 285 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 463B the following: 
‘‘SEC. 463C. FELLOWSHIP TRAINING TO IMPROVE ASTHMA 
CARE. 
‘‘(a) FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Insti-
tute shall establish individual and institutional train-
ing grants for education and training of healthcare 
providers, including asthma specialists, researchers, 
and educators on the role of environmental factors 
in the development and prevention of asthma and re-
current asthma attacks, as well as methods to re-
duce such factors, including knowledge of treatment 
as recommended by the National Asthma Education 
and Prevention Program guidelines. 
‘‘(2) NAME OF TRAINING GRANTS.—The train-
ing grants awarded under paragraph (1) shall be 
named in honor of Dr. Irving J. Selikoff for his 
leadership in inaugurating the environmental medi-
cine movement.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to carry out this section.’’. 
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