Sec. 607. STRENGTHENING MOSQUITO ABATEMENT FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH
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## SEC. 607 STRENGTHENING MOSQUITO ABATEMENT FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH ###
(a)Reauthorization of Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Program Section 317S (42 U.S.C. 247b-21) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a)(1)(B)— #####
(A)by inserting “including programs to address emerging infectious mosquito-borne diseases,” after “subdivisions for control programs,”; and #####
(B)by inserting “or improving existing control programs” before the period at the end; ####
(2)in subsection (b)— #####
(A)in paragraph (1), by inserting “, including improvement,” after “operation”; #####
(B)in paragraph (2)— ######
(i)in subparagraph (A)— ######
(I)in clause (ii), by striking “or” at the end; ######
(II)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 ######
(III)by adding at the end the following: > > ###### “(iv) > > a public health emergency due to the incidence or prevalence of a mosquito-borne disease that presents a serious public health threat;” > ; and ######
(ii)by amending subparagraph
(D)to read as follows: > > ##### “(D) > > > ######
(i)> > is located in a State that has received a grant under subsection (a); or > > > ###### “(ii) > > 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.” > ; #####
(C)in paragraph (4)(C), by striking “ that extraordinary ” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: > “that— > > > ###### “(i) > > extraordinary economic conditions in the political subdivision or consortium of political subdivisions involved justify the waiver; or > > > ###### “(ii) > > the geographical area covered by a political subdivision or consortium for a grant under paragraph
(1)has an extreme mosquito control need due to— > > > ###### “(I) > > the size or density of the potentially impacted human population; > > > ###### “(II) > > the size or density of a mosquito population that requires heightened control; or > > > ###### “(III) > > the severity of the mosquito-borne disease, such that expected serious adverse health outcomes for the human population justify the waiver.” > ; and #####
(D)by amending paragraph
(6)to read as follows: > > #### “(6) Number of grants > > A political subdivision or a consortium of political subdivisions may not receive more than one grant under paragraph (1).” > ; and ####
(3)in subsection (f)— #####
(A)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”; #####
(B)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 #####
(C)in paragraph (3)— ######
(i)in the paragraph heading, by striking “2004” and inserting “2019”; and ######
(ii)by striking “2004,” and inserting “2019,”. ###
(b)Epidemiology-Laboratory Capacity Grants Section 2821 (42 U.S.C. 300hh-31) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a)(1), by inserting “, including mosquito and other vector-borne diseases,” after “infectious diseases”; and ####
(2)in subsection (b), by striking “2010 through 2013” and inserting “2019 through 2023”. # TITLE VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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