Sec. 607. Strengthening mosquito abatement for safety and health

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Section 317S of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–21 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1)(B)— by inserting including programs to address emerging infectious mosquito-borne diseases, after subdivisions for control programs, ; and by inserting or improving existing control programs before the period at the end; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by inserting , including improvement, after operation ; in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A)— in clause (ii), by striking or at the end; in clause (iii), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting , including an emerging infectious mosquito-borne disease that presents a serious public health threat; or ; and by adding at the end the following: a public health emergency due to the incidence or prevalence of a mosquito-borne disease that presents a serious public health threat; ; and by amending subparagraph

(D)to read as follows: is located in a State that has received a grant under subsection (a); or that demonstrates to the Secretary that the control program is consistent with existing State mosquito control plans or policies, or other applicable State preparedness plans. ; in paragraph (4)(C), by striking that extraordinary and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: “that— extraordinary economic conditions in the political subdivision or consortium of political subdivisions involved justify the waiver; or the geographical area covered by a political subdivision or consortium for a grant under paragraph

(1)has an extreme mosquito control need due to— the size or density of the potentially impacted human population; the size or density of a mosquito population that requires heightened control; or the severity of the mosquito-borne disease, such that expected serious adverse health outcomes for the human population justify the waiver. ; and by amending paragraph

(6)to read as follows: A political subdivision or a consortium of political subdivisions may not receive more than one grant under paragraph (1). ; and in subsection (f)— in paragraph

(1)by striking for fiscal year 2003, and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2007 and inserting for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 ; in paragraph (2), by striking the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 and inserting this Act and other medical and public health preparedness and response laws ; and in paragraph (3)— in the heading, by striking and inserting 2004 ; and 2019 by striking 2004 and inserting 2019 . Section 2821 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300hh–31 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1), by inserting , including mosquito and other vector-borne diseases, after infectious diseases ; and by amending subsection

(b)to read as follows: There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023. .

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Strengthening mosquito abatement for safety and health

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