S.Amdt. 924

SA 924. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer to provide for reconciliation
pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

In section 2301, add at the end the following:
``(d) Expertise Requirement.--Any amount awarded to a
State, local, Tribal, or territorial public health department
pursuant to subsection (b)(2) shall be conditioned on such
public health department agreeing to make such award funds
available--
``(1) only to entities with which the public health
department has an established relationship, and based on
demonstrated expertise of such entities in vaccine
distribution and administration; and
``(2) with special consideration given to such entities
serving medically underserved areas.''.
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