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[CITE: 42USC247b-6]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
                    Part B--Federal-State Cooperation
 
Sec. 247b-6. Preventive health services regarding tuberculosis


(a) In general

    The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, may make grants to States, political 
subdivisions, and other public entities for preventive health service 
programs for the prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis.

(b) Research, demonstration projects, education, and training

    With respect to the prevention, control, and elimination of 
tuberculosis, the Secretary may, directly or through grants to public or 
nonprofit private entities, carry out the following:
        (1) Research, with priority given to research concerning strains 
    of tuberculosis resistant to drugs and research concerning cases of 
    tuberculosis that affect certain populations.
        (2) Demonstration projects.
        (3) Public information and education programs.
        (4) Education, training, and clinical skills improvement 
    activities for health professionals, including allied health 
    personnel and emergency response employees.
        (5) Support of centers to carry out activities under paragraphs 
    (1) through (4).
        (6) Collaboration with international organizations and foreign 
    countries in carrying out such activities.

(c) Cooperation with providers of primary health services

    The Secretary may make a grant under subsection (a) or (b) of this 
section only if the applicant for the grant agrees that, in carrying out 
activities under the grant, the applicant will cooperate with public and 
nonprofit private providers of primary health services or substance 
abuse services, including entities receiving assistance under section 
254b, 254c, 256, or 256a of this title \1\ or under subchapter III-A or 
XVII of this chapter.
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(d) Application for grant

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary may make a grant under subsection (a) or (b) of 
    this section only if an application for the grant is submitted to 
    the Secretary and the application, subject to paragraph (2), is in 
    such form, is made in such manner, and contains such agreements, 
    assurances, and information as the Secretary determines to be 
    necessary to carry out the subsection involved.

          (2) Plan for prevention, control, and elimination

        The Secretary may make a grant under subsection (a) of this 
    section only if the application under paragraph (1) contains a plan 
    regarding the prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis 
    in the geographic area with respect to which the grant is sought.

(e) Supplies and services in lieu of grant funds

                           (1) In general

        Upon the request of a grantee under subsection (a) or (b) of 
    this section, the Secretary may, subject to paragraph (2), provide 
    supplies, equipment, and services for the purpose of aiding the 
    grantee in carrying out the subsection involved and, for such 
    purpose, may detail to the State any officer or employee of the 
    Department of Health and Human Services.

               (2) Corresponding reduction in payments

        With respect to a request described in paragraph (1), the 
    Secretary shall reduce the amount of payments under the grant 
    involved by an amount equal to the costs of detailing personnel and 
    the fair market value of any supplies, equipment, or services 
    provided by the Secretary. The Secretary shall, for the payment of 
    expenses incurred in complying with such request, expend the amounts 
    withheld.

(f) Advisory Council

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary shall establish an advisory council to be known as 
    the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (in this 
    subsection referred to as the ``Council'').

                         (2) General duties

        The Council shall provide advice and recommendations regarding 
    the elimination of tuberculosis to the Secretary, the Assistant 
    Secretary for Health, and the Director of the Centers for Disease 
    Control and Prevention.

                       (3) Certain activities

        With respect to the elimination of tuberculosis, the Council 
    shall--
            (A) in making recommendations under paragraph (2), make 
        recommendations regarding policies, strategies, objectives, and 
        priorities;
            (B) address the development and application of new 
        technologies; and
            (C) review the extent to which progress has been made toward 
        eliminating tuberculosis.

                           (4) Composition

        The Secretary shall determine the size and composition of the 
    Council, and the frequency and scope of official meetings of the 
    Council.

            (5) Staff, information, and other assistance

        The Secretary shall provide to the Council such staff, 
    information, and other assistance as may be necessary to carry out 
    the duties of the Council.

(g) Funding

           (1) In general; allocation for emergency grants

        (A) For the purpose of making grants under subsection (a) of 
    this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 
    for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of 
    the fiscal years 1995 through 2002.
        (B) Of the amounts appropriated under subparagraph (A) for a 
    fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve not more than 25 percent for 
    emergency grants under subsection (a) of this section for any 
    geographic area in which there is, relative to other areas, a 
    substantial number of cases of tuberculosis or a substantial rate of 
    increase in such cases.

        (2) Research, demonstration projects, education, and 
                                  training

        For the purpose of carrying out subsection (b) of this section, 
    there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
    necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 2002.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 317E, as added Pub. L. 103-183, 
title III, Sec. 301(a), Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2233; amended Pub. L. 
105-392, title IV, Secs. 401(b)(1), 405, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3587, 
3588.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 254b and 254c of this title, referred to in subsec. (c), 
were in the original references to sections 329 and 330, meaning 
sections 329 and 330 of act July 1, 1944, which were omitted in the 
general amendment of subpart I (Sec. 254b et seq.) of part D of this 
subchapter by Pub. L. 104-299, Sec. 2, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3626. 
Sections 2 and 3(a) of Pub. L. 104-299 enacted new sections 330 and 330A 
of act July 1, 1944, which are classified, respectively, to sections 
254b and 254c of this title.
    Sections 256 and 256a of this title, referred to in subsec. (c), 
were repealed by Pub. L. 104-299, Sec. 4(a)(3), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3645.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (g)(1)(A). Pub. L. 105-392, Sec. 405(1)(A), 
substituted ``2002'' for ``1998''.
    Subsec. (g)(1)(B). Pub. L. 105-392, Sec. 405(1)(B), substituted ``25 
percent'' for ``$50,000,000''.
    Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 105-392, Sec. 405(2), substituted ``2002'' 
for ``1998''.
    Pub. L. 105-392, Sec. 401(b)(1), substituted ``carrying out 
subsection (b)'' for ``making grants under subsection (b)''.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by section 401(b)(1) of Pub. L. 105-392 deemed to have 
taken effect immediately after enactment of Pub. L. 103-183, see section 
401(e) of Pub. L. 105-392, set out as a note under section 242m of this 
title.


                    Termination of Advisory Councils

    Advisory councils established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not 
later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
their establishment, unless, in the case of a council established by the 
President or an officer of the Federal Government, such council is 
renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year 
period, or in the case of a council established by Congress, its 
duration is otherwise provided by law. See sections 3(2) and 14 of Pub. 
L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, 776, set out in the Appendix to 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    Pub. L. 93-641, Sec. 6, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2275, set out as a 
note under section 217a of this title, provided that an advisory 
committee established pursuant to the Public Health Service Act shall 
terminate at such time as may be specifically prescribed by an Act of 
Congress enacted after Jan. 4, 1975.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 256d of this title.
