IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3771 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 28, 2022 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
research and improvement of cardiovascular health 
among the South Asian population of the United States, 
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 ‘‘South Asian Heart 
Health Awareness and Research Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. HEART HEALTH PROMOTION GRANTS. 
Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
241 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 317U 
(42 U.S.C. 247b–23) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 317V. HEART HEALTH PROMOTION GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to States for the purpose of promoting awareness of the 
increasing prevalence of heart disease, including, where 
appropriate, its relationship to type 2 diabetes, in commu-
nities disproportionately affected by heart disease such as 
South Asian communities in the United States. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A State that receives a grant 
under subsection (a) shall use such grant funds— 
‘‘(1) to develop culturally appropriate materials 
on evidence-based heart health promotion topics, 
such as nutrition education, optimal diet plans, and 
programs for regular exercise; 
‘‘(2) to support heart health promotion activi-
ties of community organizations that work with or 
serve communities disproportionately affected by 
heart disease, such as South Asian communities in 
the United States; or 
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‘‘(3) to support, with respect to research con-
ducted relating to heart disease, conferences and 
workshops on how practices, methodologies, and de-
signs of such research should be changed to include 
in such research more members of communities dis-
proportionately affected by heart disease, such as 
South Asian communities in the United States. 
‘‘(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) STUDY ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CER-
TAIN RATES OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY AS A 
RESULT
OF
HEART
DISEASE
IN
AT-RISK
POPU-
LATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this section, 
the Secretary shall seek to enter into an agree-
ment with the National Academies of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine (or, if the National 
Academies decline to enter into the agreement, 
another appropriate entity) under which the 
National Academies (or other appropriate enti-
ty) will conduct a study of the relationship be-
tween COVID–19 and rates of morbidity and 
mortality as a result of heart disease in at-risk 
populations, such as South Asian communities 
in the United States. 
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‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years 
after the date of enactment of this section, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report 
on the results of the study under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) REPORT ON OUTREACH.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report on outreach efforts and 
data relating to heart disease in communities dis-
proportionately affected by heart disease, such as 
South Asian communities in the United States. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—For 
purposes of carrying out this section, there is authorized 
to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2023 through 2027.’’. 
SEC. 3. HEART HEALTH RESEARCH. 
Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 409K. HEART HEALTH RESEARCH. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may— 
‘‘(1) conduct or support research and related 
activities regarding cardiovascular disease, type 2 di-
abetes, and other heart health-related ailments 
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among at-risk populations, including South Asian 
communities in the United States; and 
‘‘(2) establish an internet clearinghouse to cata-
log existing evidence-based heart health research and 
treatment options for communities disproportion-
ately affected by heart disease, such as South Asian 
communities in the United States, to prevent, treat, 
or reverse heart disease and diabetes. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—For 
purposes of carrying out this section, there is authorized 
to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2023 through 2027.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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