[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 655 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 655

  To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the National 
     Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2005

 Mr. Isakson (for himself and Mr. Chambliss) 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 amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the National 
     Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

SECTION 1. NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND 
              PREVENTION; ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES; FEDERAL 
              FUNDING.

    (a) Authority for Acceptance of Voluntary Services; Striking Two-
year Limit Per Individual.--Section 399G(h)(2)(A) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280e-11(h)(2)(A)) is amended by striking the 
second sentence and inserting the following: ``In the case of an 
individual, such Director may accept the services provided under the 
preceding sentence by the individual until such time as the private 
funding for such individual ends.''.
    (b) Federal Funding.--Section 399G(i) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 280e-11(i)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$500,000'', 
                and inserting ``$1,500,000''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``not more 
                than $500,000'' and inserting ``not less than $500,000, 
                and not more than $1,500,000''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Support services.--The Director of the Centers for 
        Disease Control and Prevention may provide facilities, 
        utilities, and support services to the Foundation if it is 
        determined by the Director to be advantageous to the programs 
        of such Centers.''.
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