[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3219 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3219

 To enable the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out 
 its responsibilities efficiently, including with regard to responding 
     to bioterrorism, by authorizing additional appropriations for 
 designing, constructing, and equipping new facilities and renovating 
      existing facilities of such Centers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2001

Mr. Linder (for himself, Mr. Chambliss, and Ms. Harman) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To enable the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out 
 its responsibilities efficiently, including with regard to responding 
     to bioterrorism, by authorizing additional appropriations for 
 designing, constructing, and equipping new facilities and renovating 
      existing facilities of such Centers, 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. NEW FACILITIES FOR CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND 
              PREVENTION FOR COMBATING BIOTERRORISM.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention may design, construct, and equip new facilities and 
renovate existing facilities (including laboratories, laboratory 
support buildings, scientific communication facilities, transshipment 
complexes, secured and isolated parking structures, office buildings, 
and other facilities and infrastructure) for defending against and 
combating bioterrorism and other public health threats.
    (b) Multiyear Contracting Authority.--
            (1) In general.--For any project of designing, 
        constructing, equipping, or renovating any facility under 
        subsection (a), the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
        and Prevention may enter into a single contract or related 
        contracts that collectively include the full scope of the 
        project, to the extent or in the amounts provided in advance in 
        appropriations Acts.
            (2) Availability of funds clause.--Any contract entered 
        into pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include the availability 
        of funds clause provided at section 52.232-18 of title 48, Code 
        of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of the 
        enactment of this section.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry 
out this section $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 
2006. Such authorization is in addition to other authorizations of 
appropriations that are available for the purposes of this section.
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