I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5201 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations 
of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 
of such Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2006 
Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. ALLEN, Ms. 
BALDWIN, Mr. BASS, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of New York, 
Mr. BONILLA, Mrs. BONO, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. BURGESS, Mrs. 
CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CASE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COOPER, 
Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, 
Mrs. DRAKE, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FOSSELLA, 
Mr. GORDON, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. 
HONDA, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LANGEVIN, 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LEACH, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. 
MARSHALL, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
MCHUGH, Mr. NADLER, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OTTER, Mr. 
OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ROSS, Mr. 
REICHERT, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHWARZ of Michigan, 
Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. 
SIMMONS, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. TERRY, 
Mr. TOWNS, Mr. UPTON, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. 
WOOLSEY, and Mr. WYNN) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional 
authorizations of appropriations for the health centers 
program under section 330 of such Act. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Centers Re-
newal Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Community, migrant, public housing, and 
homeless health centers are vital to thousands of 
communities across the United States. 
(2) There are more than 1,000 such health cen-
ters serving over 15,000,000 people at over 3,700 
health delivery sites, located in all 50 States of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto 
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and other territories 
of the United States. 
(3) Health centers provide cost-effective, quality 
health care to poor and medically underserved people 
in the States, the District of Columbia, and the ter-
ritories, including the working poor, the uninsured, 
and many high-risk and vulnerable populations, and 
have done so for over 40 years. 
(4) Health centers provide care to 1 of every 8 
uninsured Americans, 1 of every 4 Americans in 
poverty, and 1 of every 9 rural Americans. 
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(5) Health centers provide primary and preven-
tive care services to more than 700,000 homeless 
persons and more than 725,000 farm workers in the 
United States. 
(6) Health centers are community-oriented and 
patient-focused and tailor their services to fit the 
special needs and priorities of local communities, 
working together with schools, businesses, churches, 
community organizations, foundations, and State 
and local governments. 
(7) Health centers are built through community 
initiative. 
(8) Health centers encourage citizen participa-
tion and provide jobs for 50,000 community resi-
dents. 
(9) Congress established the program as a 
unique public-private partnership, and has continued 
to provide direct funding to community organiza-
tions for the development and operation of health 
centers systems that address pressing local health 
needs and meet national performance standards. 
(10) Federal grants assist participating commu-
nities in finding partners and recruiting doctors and 
other health professionals. 
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