[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 835 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 835

   To provide for the operation of laboratories to carry out certain 
 public-health functions for the region along the international border 
                  with Mexico, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 19 (legislative day, May 15), 1995

Mrs. Hutchison 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 provide for the operation of laboratories to carry out certain 
 public-health functions for the region along the international border 
                  with Mexico, 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 ``Southwest Public Health Laboratory 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC-HEALTH LABORATORIES FOR SOUTHWESTERN BORDER REGION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
or through other agencies, may make grants to States for the operation 
of laboratories to protect the public health through the analyzing of 
human, wildlife, air, water, and soil samples.
    (b) Purpose of Grants.--The activities for which amounts awarded 
under a grant made under subsection (a) may be used include the 
establishment of the laboratories, increasing the capacity of existing 
facilities, and collecting the samples described in subsection (a) to 
be analyzed by the laboratories.
    (c) Eligibility.--A State shall only be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a) if the State--
            (1) prepares and submits to the Secretary of Health and 
        Human Services an application, at such time, in such manner, 
        and containing such information as the Secretary may require; 
        and
            (2) agrees that the laboratory involved under the grant 
        will be operated by the State, and will serve the region along 
        the international border between the United States and Mexico 
        (in the States of California, Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas).
    (d) Location of Laboratory.--In awarding a grant under subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall ensure that the 
laboratory to be funded under the grant be established in an urban area 
that is centrally located in the region involved, be located within 25 
miles of the border described in subsection (c)(2), and receive the 
principal amount of the grant award under this section.
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