[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1361-S1362]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1301. Mr. BURR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. 
Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, 
Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. 
Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant 
to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:
        Strike sections 2402 through 2404 of the amendment and 
     insert the following:

     SEC. 2402. PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE 
                   FORECASTING.

       In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
     appropriated to the Secretary

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     for fiscal year 2021 out of any money in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, $1,750,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, to support activities related to public 
     health surveillance and disease detection, including for 
     SARS-CoV-2 and any strains of such virus, by providing 
     funding to State, local, Tribal, and territorial public 
     health departments through section 2821 of the Public Health 
     Service Act in order to increase capacity, conduct, expand, 
     and improve activities to sequence genomes, identify 
     mutations, and track the circulation and development of 
     strains of SARS-CoV-2, and to enter into contracts or 
     cooperative agreements with academic institutions and private 
     entities, which may include partnerships with such entities, 
     to support genomic sequencing activities consistent with this 
     subsection, for such activities.

     SEC. 2403. FUNDING FOR GLOBAL HEALTH.

       In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
     appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of 
     any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     activities to be conducted acting through the Director of the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to combat SARS-
     CoV- 2, COVID-19, and other emerging infectious disease 
     threats globally, including efforts related to global health 
     security, global disease detection and response, and global 
     immunization, for such activities.

     SEC. 2404. FUNDING FOR DATA MODERNIZATION AND FORECASTING 
                   CENTER.

       In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
     appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of 
     any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $750,000,000, to remain available until expended, to support 
     the improvement and maintenance of a nationwide public health 
     situational awareness capability pursuant to section 319D(c) 
     of the Public Health Service Act, including the establishment 
     or enhancement of infectious disease data analytics 
     capabilities to facilitate improved infectious disease early 
     warning and forecasting for SARS-CoV-2, its variants, and 
     emerging infectious disease threats that leverages the 
     expertise of academic and private entities, and public health 
     data surveillance and analytics infrastructure modernization 
     initiatives pursuant to section 2823 of the Public Health 
     Service Act, for such activities.
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