[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 2388 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2388

To make technical corrections to the Mosquito Abatement for Safety and 
                  Health Act, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 5, 2004

  Mr. Johnson (for himself and Ms. Landrieu) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To make technical corrections to the Mosquito Abatement for Safety and 
                  Health Act, 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. AMENDMENTS TO THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH 
              ACT.

    Section 317S of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-21) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(4)(C), by adding at the end the 
        following: ``The Secretary shall waive the requirement 
        established in subparagraph (A) if the political subdivision is 
        an Indian tribe located on a low-income reservation, or, in the 
        case of a consortium of political subdivisions, all of the 
        members of the consortium are Indian tribes located on low-
        income reservations.''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' means any 
        Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or 
        community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or 
        village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to 
        the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
        seq.), which is recognized as eligible for the special programs 
        and services provided by the United States to Indians because 
        of their status as Indians.
            ``(2) Low-income reservation.--The term `low-income 
        reservation' means an Indian reservation, Pueblo, colony, or 
        Alaska Native Region established pursuant to the Alaska Native 
        Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on which not 
        less than 40 percent of the individuals who live on such 
        reservation, Pueblo, colony, or Region are from families with 
        incomes below the poverty line.
            ``(3) Political subdivision.--The term `political 
        subdivision' means the local political jurisdiction immediately 
        below the level of State government, including counties, 
        parishes, and boroughs. Such term includes an Indian tribe 
        located on an Indian reservation, Pueblo, colony, or Alaska 
        Native Region established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
        Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). If State law 
        recognizes an entity of general government that functions in 
        lieu of, and is not within, a county, parish, or borough, the 
        Secretary may recognize an area under the jurisdiction of such 
        other entities of general government as a political subdivision 
        for purposes of this section.
            ``(4) Poverty line.--The term `poverty line' means the 
        poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and 
        Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) 
        of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) 
        applicable to a family of the size involved.''.
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