IIB 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 342
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 13, 2003
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To authorize grants through the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention for mosquito control programs to prevent 
mosquito-borne diseases, and for other purposes.
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; COORDINATION 
GRANTS TO STATES; ASSESSMENT AND CON-
TROL GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. 
‘‘(a) COORDINATION GRANTS TO STATES; ASSESS-
MENT GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to mosquito 
control programs to prevent and control mosquito-
borne diseases (referred to in this section as ‘control 
programs’), the Secretary, acting through the Direc-
tor of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion, may make grants to States for the purpose 
of—
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‘‘(A) coordinating control programs in the 
State involved; and 
‘‘(B) assisting such State in making grants 
to political subdivisions of the State to conduct 
assessments to determine the immediate needs 
in such subdivisions for control programs, and 
to develop, on the basis of such assessments, 
plans for carrying out control programs in the 
subdivisions. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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 (b)(3) that have been conducted 
or developed, respectively, by political subdivi-
sions in the State;
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‘‘(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; 
‘‘(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; 
‘‘(D) the State agrees that the State will 
make grants to political subdivisions as de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(B), and that such a 
grant will not exceed $10,000; and 
‘‘(E) the State agrees that the grant will 
be used to supplement, and not supplant, State 
and local funds available for the purpose de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(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 
(b)(5) from such subdivisions. 
‘‘(5) 
AMOUNT
OF
GRANT; 
NUMBER
OF 
GRANTS.—A State may not receive more than one 
grant under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(b) 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 con-
trol programs. 
‘‘(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;
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‘‘(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-
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-
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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. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS.—A grant may be 
made under subsection (a) or (b) only if an application 
for the grant is submitted to the Secretary and the appli-
cation is in such form, is made in such manner, and con-
tains such agreements, assurances, and information as the 
Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(d) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—Amounts appro-
priated under subsection (f) may be used by the Secretary
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to provide training and technical assistance with respect 
to the planning, development, and operation of assess-
ments and plans under subsection (a) and control pro-
grams under subsection (b). The Secretary may provide 
such technical assistance directly or through awards of 
grants or contracts to public and private entities. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘control program’ has the mean-
ing indicated for such term in subsection (a). 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(f) 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
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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.’’. 
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 AND 
VERMIN POPULATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 463B. The Director of the Institute shall con-
duct or support research to identify or develop methods 
of controlling insect and vermin populations that transmit 
to humans diseases that have significant adverse health 
consequences.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives March 12, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.