Sec. 34103. Pilot program to improve laboratory infrastructure
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall award grants to States and political subdivisions of States to support the improvement, renovation, or modernization of infrastructure at clinical laboratories (as defined in section 353 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 263a )) that will help to improve SARS–CoV–2 and COVID–19 testing and response activities, including the expansion and enhancement of testing capacity and the reduction of wait times for results at such laboratories.
As a condition on receipt of a grant under this section for a project, a grant recipient shall ensure that the project increases— energy efficiency; energy resilience; or the use of renewable energy. Paragraph
(1)shall be waived in any case or category of cases in which the Secretary finds that applying paragraph (1)— would be inconsistent with the public interest; or will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent. If the Secretary receives a request for a waiver under this subsection, the Secretary shall make available to the public, on an informal basis, a copy of the request and information available to the Secretary concerning the request, and shall allow for informal public input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. The Secretary shall make the request and accompanying information available by electronic means, including on the official public internet site of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds appropriated for this section for management and oversight of the requirements of this subsection. This subsection does not apply with respect to a project if a State agency approves the engineering plans and specifications for the project, in that agency’s capacity to approve such plans and specifications prior to a project requesting bids, prior to the date of enactment of this subsection. The Secretary shall require that each State or political subdivision of a State applying for a grant, with respect to a project for the improvement, renovation, or modernization of infrastructure at clinical laboratories under this section, funded in whole or in part with funds made available under this section, shall include in such application written assurance that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of construction, alternation, or repair, as part of such project, shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar work in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of part A of subtitle II of title 40, United States Code (commonly referred to (and referred to in this section) as the Davis-Bacon Act ). With respect to the labor standards specified in the Davis-Bacon Act, the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 Fed. Reg. 3176; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934 ( 40 U.S.C. 276c ). To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $4,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
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Sec. 34103
Pilot program to improve laboratory infrastructure
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