[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4352 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4352

  To provide $30,000,000 in funding to the Department of Education to 
  provide assistance to public school districts for the prevention of 
                       drug resistant infections.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2007

  Mr. Towns introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide $30,000,000 in funding to the Department of Education to 
  provide assistance to public school districts for the prevention of 
                       drug resistant infections.

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

SECTION 1. ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE PREVENTION OF 
              DRUG RESISTANT INFECTIONS.

    (a) Appropriation.--$30,000,000 is appropriated to the Department 
of Education for fiscal year 2008 to provide assistance to public 
school districts in the United States for prevention, outreach, and 
educational activities related to any qualifying pathogen, to be 
carried out in kindergarten through twelfth grade public schools in 
those school districts.
    (b) Qualifying Pathogen.--In this section, the term ``qualifying 
pathogen'' means--
            (1) community acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus 
        aureus (CA-MRSA); or
            (2) any life threatening drug resistant bacteria as 
        identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
        (CDC).
    (c) Use of Funds.--The Secretary of Education shall dispense funds 
appropriated under this section for any one or more of the following:
            (1) To make available to public school districts best 
        evidence behavioral interventions, including interventions that 
        have been rigorously evaluated and have shown significant 
        effects in elimination or reducing high risk behaviors, 
        infections, or increasing infectious behaviors. These 
        interventions shall meet generally accepted Federal guidelines 
        and standards and shall educate faculty, staff, administrators, 
        students, and parents of students in kindergarten through 
        twelfth grade public schools in those school districts about 
        qualifying pathogens.
            (2) To disseminate to public school districts information 
        regarding any guidelines produced by the CDC addressing 
        qualifying pathogen infections in kindergarten through twelfth 
        grade public schools in those school districts.
            (3) To make available to public school districts funds for 
        the exclusive purpose of purchasing basic personal hygiene 
        supplies, disinfectant cleaning supplies, or other supplies 
        necessary for kindergarten through twelfth grade public schools 
        in those school districts to comply with any guidelines 
        produced by the CDC for the prevention of qualifying pathogen 
        infections in those schools, subject to the following:
                    (A) No funds shall be dispensed under this 
                paragraph unless the Secretary of Education makes an 
                explicit determination that the school district 
                receiving funds under this paragraph is unable to 
                purchase without assistance supplies necessary to 
                comply with any CDC guideline for the prevention of any 
                qualifying pathogen in schools.
                    (B) The Secretary of Education shall not dispense 
                funds under this paragraph in excess of what is 
                required to allow a school district receiving such 
                funds to comply with any CDC guideline for the 
                prevention and treatment of any qualifying pathogen in 
                schools.
    (d) Guidelines.--The Secretary of Education shall develop 
appropriate guidelines by which a school district may request funds 
under this section and publish those guidelines both in the Federal 
Register and on the Department of Education website.
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