if the Secretary determines that extraordinary
economic conditions in the political subdivision
involved justify the waiver.
‘‘(5) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—A grant may be
made under paragraph (1) only if the political sub-
division involved agrees that, promptly after the end
of the fiscal year for which the grant is made, the sub-
division will submit to the Secretary, and to the State
within which the subdivision is located, a report that
describes the control program and contains an evalua-
tion of whether the program was effective.
‘‘(6) AMOUNT OF GRANT; NUMBER OF GRANTS.—
A grant under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year may
not exceed $100,000. A political subdivision 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 Con-
trol and Prevention, may make grants to political
subdivisions of States to conduct the assessments and
to develop the plans that are required in paragraph
(3) of subsection (a) as a condition of receiving a
grant under paragraph (1) of such subsection.
‘‘(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 Con-
trol and Prevention, may make grants to States for
the purpose of coordinating control programs in the
State.
‘‘(2) PREFERENCE IN MAKING GRANTS.—In mak-
ing grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
give preference to States that have one or more polit-
ical subdivisions with an incidence or prevalence of
mosquito-borne disease, or a population of infected
mosquitoes, that is substantial relative to political
subdivisions in other States.
‘‘(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 control
programs in the State, and the plan takes into
account any assessments or plans described in
subsection (a)(3) that have been conducted or de-
veloped, respectively, by political subdivisions in
the State;
‘‘(B) in developing such plan, the State con-
sulted or will consult (as the case may be under
subparagraph (A)) with political subdivisions in
the State that are carrying out or planning 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 involved
agrees that, promptly after the end of the fiscal year
for which the grant is made, the State will submit
to the Secretary a report that—
‘‘(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 receive 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 application
for the grant is submitted to the Secretary and the applica-
tion is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains
such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec-
retary 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 tech-
nical assistance directly or through awards of grants or con-
tracts to public and private entities.
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘control program’ has the meaning
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 with-
in, a county, parish, or borough, the Secretary may
recognize an area under the jurisdiction of such other
entities of general government as a political subdivi-
sion 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 carried
out in response to a mosquito-borne disease that constitutes
a public health emergency, the authorization of appropria-
tions under the preceding sentence is in addition to applica-
ble authorizations of appropriations under the Public
Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Re-
sponse Act of 2002.’’.
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 conduct
or support research to identify or develop methods of con-