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[CITE: 42USC13911]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 136--VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
                     SUBCHAPTER II--CRIME PREVENTION
 
    Part J--Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Tuberculosis in 
                        Correctional Institutions
 
Sec. 13911. Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis 
        in correctional institutions
        

(a) Guidelines

    The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services and the Director of the National Institute of 
Corrections, shall develop and disseminate to appropriate entities, 
including State, Indian tribal, and local correctional institutions and 
the Immigration and Naturalization Service, guidelines for the 
prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and followup care of tuberculosis 
among inmates of correctional institutions and persons held in holding 
facilities operated by or under contract with the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service.

(b) Compliance

    The Attorney General shall ensure that prisons in the Federal prison 
system and holding facilities operated by or under contract with the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service comply with the guidelines 
described in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Grants

                           (1) In general

        The Attorney General shall make grants to State, Indian tribal, 
    and local correction authorities and public health authorities to 
    assist in establishing and operating programs for the prevention, 
    diagnosis, treatment, and followup care of tuberculosis among 
    inmates of correctional institutions.

                          (2) Federal share

        The Federal share of funding of a program funded with a grant 
    under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 50 percent.

                 (3) Authorization of appropriations

        There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
    section--
            (A) $700,000 for fiscal year 1996;
            (B) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;
            (C) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
            (D) $1,100,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
            (E) $1,200,000 for fiscal year 2000.

(d) Definitions

    In this section--
        ``Indian tribe'' means a tribe, band, pueblo, nation, or other 
    organized group or community of Indians, including an Alaska Native 
    village (as defined in or established under the Alaska Native Claims 
    Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.),\1\ that is recognized as 
    eligible for the special programs and services provided by the 
    United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
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        ``State'' means a State, the District of Columbia, the 
    Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
    Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin 
    Islands.

(Pub. L. 103-322, title III, Sec. 32201, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 
1901.)

                       References in Text

    The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred to in subsec. (d), 
is Pub. L. 92-203, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, as amended, which is 
classified generally to chapter 33 (Sec. 1601 et seq.) of Title 43, 
Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 1601 of Title 43 and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14214 of this title.
