<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="uslm.css"?><statuteCompilation xmlns="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/uslm" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:gpo="http://www.gpo.gov/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" style="-uslm-dtd:statute" xml:lang="en" xsi:schemaLocation="http://schemas.gpo.gov/xml/uslm https://www.govinfo.gov/schemas/xml/uslm/uslm-2.0.13.xsd">
    <meta style="-uslm-dtd:compilation-act-form">
        <dc:title>Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act</dc:title>
        <citableAsShortTitle>Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act</citableAsShortTitle>
        <docNumber/>
        <currentThroughPublicLaw>119–118</currentThroughPublicLaw>
        <dc:type>Statute Compilation</dc:type>
        <dc:creator>United States House of Representatives</dc:creator>
        <dc:creator>Office of the Legislative Counsel</dc:creator>
        <dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
        <dc:language>EN</dc:language>
        <dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
        <processedBy>GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20240419</processedBy>
        <processedDate>2026-10-09</processedDate>
        <containsShortTitle>Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act</containsShortTitle>
        <property role="fileId">18491</property>
        <congress>119</congress>
        <approvedDate>2026-09-30</approvedDate>
    </meta>
    <preface style="-uslm-dtd:compilation-act-form">
        <property role="compShortTitle" style="-uslm-dtd:comp-short-title">Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act</property>
        <citationNote style="-uslm-dtd:public-law">[(<citableAs>Public Law 119–118</citableAs>)]</citationNote>
        <editionNote style="-uslm-dtd:updated-through-note">[This law has not been amended]</editionNote>
        <explanationNote style="-uslm-dtd:explanatory-note"><b>[</b>Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 119–118. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/<b>]</b></explanationNote>
        <explanationNote style="-uslm-dtd:explanatory-note"><b>[</b>Note: While this publication does  not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).<b>]</b></explanationNote>
    </preface>
    <main style="-uslm-dtd:legis-body"><longTitle><docTitle style="-uslm-dtd:legis-type">AN ACT</docTitle><officialTitle style="-uslm-dtd:official-title">To reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act, and for other purposes.</officialTitle></longTitle><enactingFormula style="-uslm-dtd:enacting-clause">Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</enactingFormula>
        <section identifier="/us/sComp/119/118/s1" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
            <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">SECTION 1. </num><editorialNote role="uscRef" style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s201">42 U.S.C. 201 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE. </heading>
            <content class="block" style="-uslm-dtd:text">This Act may be cited as the “<shortTitle style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act</shortTitle>”.</content>
        </section>
        <section identifier="/us/sComp/119/118/s2" style="-uslm-dtd:section" styleType="OLC">
            <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">SEC. 2. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAMS. </heading>
            <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/119/118/s2/a" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">National Strategy and Regional Centers of Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 317U of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-23) is amended—</chapeau>
                <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/119/118/s2/a/1" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group established under section 2062 of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 284s) and other individuals, as appropriate</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">appropriate individuals</quotedText>”;</content>
                </paragraph>
                <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/119/118/s2/a/2" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (c), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">in coordination with</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">acting through</quotedText>”; and</content>
                </paragraph>
                <paragraph identifier="/us/sComp/119/118/s2/a/3" style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" styleType="OLC">
                    <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in subsection (f), by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2021 through 2025</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2026 through 2030</quotedText>”.</content>
                </paragraph>
            </subsection>
            <subsection identifier="/us/sComp/119/118/s2/b" style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC">
                <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Enhanced Support to Assist Health Departments in Addressing Vector-borne Diseases.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Section 2822(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh-32(c)) is amended by striking “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2021 through 2025</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">2026 through 2030</quotedText>”.</content>
            </subsection>
        </section>
    </main>
</statuteCompilation>