[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1319 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1319

To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the program of grants 
regarding the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 29 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mrs. Kassebaum, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Wellstone) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                 Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the program of grants 
regarding the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sexually Transmitted Diseases 
Amendments of 1993''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM OF GRANTS REGARDING PREVENTION AND CONTROL 
              OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.

    (a) Extension of Program.--Section 318(d)(1) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247c(d)(1)) is amended in the first sentence--
            (1) by striking ``(b) and (c)'' and inserting ``(b) and (c) 
        of this section and section 318B''; and
            (2) by striking ``there are authorized'' and all that 
        follows and inserting the following: ``there are authorized to 
        be appropriated $132,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such 
        sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 
        through 1998.''.
    (b) Technical Corrections.--Section 318 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247c) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``, and'' and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)(5)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``form, or'' 
                and inserting ``form; or''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``purposes,'' 
                and inserting ``purposes;''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM REGARDING PREVENTABLE CASES OF INFERTILITY 
              ARISING AS RESULT OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.

    (a) Technical Corrections.--
            (1) Amendatory instructions.--Section 304 of Public Law 
        102-531 (106 Stat. 3490) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Part A of title III'' and 
                inserting ``Part B of title III''; and
                    (B) by striking ``241 et seq.'' and inserting ``243 
                et seq.''.
            (2) Cross-reference.--Section 318A of the Public Health 
        Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247c-1), as added by section 304 of 
        Public Law 102-531 (106 Stat. 3490), is amended in subsection 
        (o)(2) by striking ``subsection (s)'' and inserting 
        ``subsection (q)''.
    (b) Extension of Program.--Section 318A of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247c-1), as added by section 304 of Public Law 
102-531 (106 Stat. 3490), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (q), by striking ``and 1995'' and 
        inserting ``through 1998''; and
            (2) in subsection (r)(2), by striking ``through 1995'' and 
        inserting ``through 1998''.

SEC. 4. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE ACCELERATED PREVENTION CAMPAIGNS.

    Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by 
inserting after section 318A (42 U.S.C. 247c-1) the following new 
section:

``SEC. 318B. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE ACCELERATED PREVENTION 
              CAMPAIGNS.

    ``(a) Grants.--The Secretary is authorized to award grants to 
States and political subdivisions of States for the development, 
implementation, and evaluation of innovative, interdisciplinary 
approaches to the prevention and control of sexually transmitted 
diseases and their sequelae by--
            ``(1) expanding access to sexually transmitted disease 
        services through collaborations with other public health 
        programs and with nongovernmental partners;
            ``(2) implementing community-based behavioral interventions 
        to prevent disease transmission; and
            ``(3) establishing collaborations between health 
        departments and university-based experts to strengthen sexually 
        transmitted diseases prevention programs.
    ``(b) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (a), a State or political subdivision of a State, shall 
prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require.
    ``(c) Priority.--In awarding grants under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall give priority to applications that seek to conduct 
activities with grant funds that focus on the prevention of sexually 
transmitted diseases among women and other populations that are 
disproportionately affected by these diseases.''.

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