During the last month figures show over 1,200 cases reported each week or actually about 10,000 children getting measles each week. Statistically, I think we can expect between eight and 10 cases of encephalitis and three children will be mentally retarded and there will be one death each week if we allow this to continue.

It is for many of these reasons that we think great importance should be attached to these hearings and whatever action the subcommittee may take.

(The text of H.R. 14030 and H.R. 14455 and agency report thereon follow :)

92D CONGRESS 2D SESSION

H. R. 14030

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 22, 1972

Mr. STAGGERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend for three years

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the authorization for grants for communicable disease control and vaccination assistance.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That the first sentence of section 317 (a) of the Public Health 4 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b (a)) is amended (1) by strik5 ing out "and" immediately after "1971,", and (2) by insert6 ing "and $50,000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 7 1973, and the next two fiscal years," imediately after 8 "1972,".

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92D CONGRESS 2D SESSION

H. R. 14455

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 18, 1972

Mr. ROGERS (for himself, Mr. Satterfield, Mr. KYROS, Mr. PREYER of North Carolina, Mr. SYMINGTON, Mr. Roy, Mr. NELSEN, Mr. CARTER, and Mr. HASTINGS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend and revise the program of assistance under that Act for the control and prevention of communicable diseases.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That section 317 of the Public Health Service Act (42 4 U.S.C. 347b) is amended to read as follows:

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"GRANTS FOR VACCINATION PROGRAMS AND OTHER

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMS

7 "SEC. 317. (a) The Secretary may make grants to 8 States and, with the approval of the State health authority,

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a grant under this section the Secretary shall give considera3 tion to the relative extent of the problems, in the area 4 served by the applicant, which relate to one or more of the 5 communicable diseases referred to in subsection (h) (1) 6 and to the level of performance of the applicant in prevent7 ing and controlling such diseases.

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"(b) (1) No grant may be made under this section 9 unless an application therefor has been submitted to, and 10 approved by, the Secretary. Except as provided in para11 graph (2), such application shall be in such form, submit12 ted in such manner, and contain such information, as the 13 Secretary shall by regulation prescribe.

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ginning after June 30, 1973, shall

"(A) set forth with particularity the objectives (and their priorities, as determined in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe) of the applicant for each of the programs he proposes to conduct with assistance from a grant under this section; "(B) contain assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that, in the fiscal year for which a grant under this section is applied for, the applicant will—

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ceptible to the diseases referred to in subsection (h) (1) of the importance of immunization against such diseases, to encourage such persons to seek appro

priate immunization, and to facilitate access by such persons to immunization services; and

"(ii) conduct such programs as may be necessary for the detection and treatment of venereal diseases in persons in the area served by the applicant and give priority to the prevention and treatment of venereal diseases in persons who do not

have the symptoms of such diseases; and

"(C) provide for the reporting to the Secretary of such information as he may require concerning (i) the problems, in the area served by the applicant, which relate to any communicable disease referred to in subsection (h) (1), and (ii) the communicable disease control programs of the applicant.

"(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re20 quire any State or any political subdivision of a State to 21 have a communicable disease control program which would 22 require any person, who objects to any treatment provided 23 under such a program, to be treated or to have any child or ward of his treated under such a program.

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"(c) (1) Payments under grants under this section may