private nonprofit institution that submits to the Secretary 
and the Administrator an application for a grant under 
the grant program authorized under subsection (b)(2) at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such agree-
ments, assurances, and information as the Secretary and 
Administrator may require. 
(b) RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF HEALTH.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘health’’ includes— 
(A) levels of physical activity; 
(B) consumption of nutritional foods; 
(C) rates of crime; 
(D) air, water, and soil quality; 
(E) risk of injury; 
(F) accessibility to healthcare services; and 
(G) other indicators as determined appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
(2) GRANTS.—The Secretary, in collaboration 
with the Administrator, shall provide grants to eligi-
ble institutions to conduct and coordinate research 
on the built environment and its influence on indi-
vidual and population-based health. 
(3) RESEARCH.—The Secretary shall support 
research that— 
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(A) investigates and defines the causal 
links between all aspects of the built environ-
ment and the health of residents; 
(B) examines— 
(i) the extent of the impact of the 
built environment (including the various 
characteristics of the built environment) on 
the health of residents; 
(ii) the variance in the health of resi-
dents by— 
(I) location (such as inner cities, 
inner suburbs, and outer suburbs); 
and 
(II) population subgroup (such as 
children, the elderly, the disadvan-
taged); or 
(iii) the importance of the built envi-
ronment to the total health of residents, 
which is the primary variable of interest 
from a public health perspective; 
(C) is used to develop— 
(i) measures to address health and the 
connection of health to the built environ-
ment; and 
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(ii) efforts to link the measures to 
travel and health databases; and 
(D) distinguishes carefully between per-
sonal attitudes and choices and external influ-
ences on observed behavior to determine how 
much an observed association between the built 
environment and the health of residents, versus 
the lifestyle preferences of the people that 
choose to live in the neighborhood, reflects the 
physical characteristics of the neighborhood; 
and 
(E)(i) identifies or develops effective inter-
vention strategies to promote better health 
among residents with a focus on behavioral 
interventions and enhancements of the built en-
vironment that promote increased use by resi-
dents; and 
(ii) in developing the intervention strate-
gies under clause (i), ensures that the interven-
tion strategies will reach out to high-risk popu-
lations, including low-income urban and rural 
communities. 
(4) PRIORITY.—In providing assistance under 
the grant program authorized under paragraph (2), 
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the Secretary and the Administrator shall give pri-
ority to research that incorporates— 
(A) interdisciplinary approaches; or 
(B) the expertise of the public health, 
physical activity, urban planning, and transpor-
tation research communities in the United 
States and abroad. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
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