S.Amdt. 1301

SA 1301. Mr. BURR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs.
Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow,
Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr.
Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant
to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:
Strike sections 2402 through 2404 of the amendment and
insert the following:

SEC. 2402. PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
FORECASTING.

In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is
appropriated to the Secretary

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for fiscal year 2021 out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, $1,750,000,000, to remain available
until expended, to support activities related to public
health surveillance and disease detection, including for
SARS-CoV-2 and any strains of such virus, by providing
funding to State, local, Tribal, and territorial public
health departments through section 2821 of the Public Health
Service Act in order to increase capacity, conduct, expand,
and improve activities to sequence genomes, identify
mutations, and track the circulation and development of
strains of SARS-CoV-2, and to enter into contracts or
cooperative agreements with academic institutions and private
entities, which may include partnerships with such entities,
to support genomic sequencing activities consistent with this
subsection, for such activities.

SEC. 2403. FUNDING FOR GLOBAL HEALTH.

In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is
appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of
any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for
activities to be conducted acting through the Director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to combat SARS-
CoV- 2, COVID-19, and other emerging infectious disease
threats globally, including efforts related to global health
security, global disease detection and response, and global
immunization, for such activities.

SEC. 2404. FUNDING FOR DATA MODERNIZATION AND FORECASTING
CENTER.

In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is
appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$750,000,000, to remain available until expended, to support
the improvement and maintenance of a nationwide public health
situational awareness capability pursuant to section 319D(c)
of the Public Health Service Act, including the establishment
or enhancement of infectious disease data analytics
capabilities to facilitate improved infectious disease early
warning and forecasting for SARS-CoV-2, its variants, and
emerging infectious disease threats that leverages the
expertise of academic and private entities, and public health
data surveillance and analytics infrastructure modernization
initiatives pursuant to section 2823 of the Public Health
Service Act, for such activities.
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