[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 106 (Monday, June 25, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3069. Ms. HARRIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of 
agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture 
through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. TRACKING CASES OF COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS.

       (a) Registry.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary''), acting 
     through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall 
     establish a registry for reports of cases of 
     coccidioidomycosis.
       (2) Grant program.--The Secretary shall award grants to 
     States and State and local departments of health for the 
     purpose of supporting the surveillance of cases of 
     coccidioidomycosis within the applicable State, and the 
     reporting of any such cases to the registry established under 
     paragraph (1).
       (3) Year of diagnosis.--In listing cases of 
     coccidioidomycosis in the registry established under 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall attribute each case to the 
     year in which it was diagnosed.
       (b) Protocols and Guidelines.--The Secretary, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall make 
     publicly available any protocols and guidelines developed by 
     the Department of Agriculture, the National Institutes of 
     Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or 
     appropriate professional health care organizations, for 
     purposes of educating health care providers, farmers, and 
     other agricultural workers regarding the most recent 
     scientific and medical information on the etiology, 
     transmission, diagnosis, surveillance, and treatment of 
     coccidioidomycosis.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
     this section.
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