Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall establish an Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Grant Program to award grants to State health departments as well as local health departments and tribal jurisdictions that meet such criteria as the Director determines appropriate. Academic centers that assist State and eligible local and tribal health departments may also be eligible for funding under this section as the Director determines appropriate. Grants shall be awarded under this section to assist public health agencies in improving surveillance for, and response to, infectious diseases and other conditions of public health importance by-
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $190,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, of which-
42 U.S.C. § 300hh-31
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2019-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 116-22, §607(b)(1), inserted ",including mosquito and other vector-borne diseases," after "infectious diseases".Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116-22, §607(b)(2), substituted "2019 through 2023" for "2010 through 2013" in introductory provisions.
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1See References in Text note below.