[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1319 Introduced in Senate (IS)] 103d CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1319 To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the program of grants regarding the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 29 (legislative day, June 30), 1993 Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mrs. Kassebaum, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Wellstone) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the program of grants regarding the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Sexually Transmitted Diseases Amendments of 1993''. SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM OF GRANTS REGARDING PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. (a) Extension of Program.--Section 318(d)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247c(d)(1)) is amended in the first sentence-- (1) by striking ``(b) and (c)'' and inserting ``(b) and (c) of this section and section 318B''; and (2) by striking ``there are authorized'' and all that follows and inserting the following: ``there are authorized to be appropriated $132,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998.''. (b) Technical Corrections.--Section 318 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247c) is amended-- (1) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``, and'' and inserting ``; and''; and (2) in subsection (d)(5)-- (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``form, or'' and inserting ``form; or''; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``purposes,'' and inserting ``purposes;''. SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM REGARDING PREVENTABLE CASES OF INFERTILITY ARISING AS RESULT OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. (a) Technical Corrections.-- (1) Amendatory instructions.--Section 304 of Public Law 102-531 (106 Stat. 3490) is amended-- (A) by striking ``Part A of title III'' and inserting ``Part B of title III''; and (B) by striking ``241 et seq.'' and inserting ``243 et seq.''. (2) Cross-reference.--Section 318A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247c-1), as added by section 304 of Public Law 102-531 (106 Stat. 3490), is amended in subsection (o)(2) by striking ``subsection (s)'' and inserting ``subsection (q)''. (b) Extension of Program.--Section 318A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247c-1), as added by section 304 of Public Law 102-531 (106 Stat. 3490), is amended-- (1) in subsection (q), by striking ``and 1995'' and inserting ``through 1998''; and (2) in subsection (r)(2), by striking ``through 1995'' and inserting ``through 1998''. SEC. 4. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE ACCELERATED PREVENTION CAMPAIGNS. Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 318A (42 U.S.C. 247c-1) the following new section: ``SEC. 318B. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE ACCELERATED PREVENTION CAMPAIGNS. ``(a) Grants.--The Secretary is authorized to award grants to States and political subdivisions of States for the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases and their sequelae by-- ``(1) expanding access to sexually transmitted disease services through collaborations with other public health programs and with nongovernmental partners; ``(2) implementing community-based behavioral interventions to prevent disease transmission; and ``(3) establishing collaborations between health departments and university-based experts to strengthen sexually transmitted diseases prevention programs. ``(b) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), a State or political subdivision of a State, shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. ``(c) Priority.--In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to applications that seek to conduct activities with grant funds that focus on the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases among women and other populations that are disproportionately affected by these diseases.''. <all>