PUBLIC LAW 106-505—NOV. 13, 2000 114 STAT. 2317 Federal, State, and local public funds provided for activities under this section. "(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to the States to assist such States in fulfilling the requirements of this section. "(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year through 2006. "SEC. 319B. ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS. 42 USC 247d-2. "(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— Not later than 1 year after the Deadline. date of the enactment of this section and every 10 years thereafter, the Secretary shall award grants to States, or consortia of two or more States or political subdivisions of States, to perform, in collaboration with local public health agencies, an evaluation to determine the extent to which the States or local public health agencies can achieve the capacities applicable to State and local public health agencies described in subsection (a) of section 319A, The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to States, or consortia of two or more States or political subdivisions of States, in addition to awarding such grants. " (b) PROCEDURE.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— A State, or a consortium of two or more States or political subdivisions of States, may contract with an outside entity to perform the evaluation described in sub- ' • section (a). "(2) METHODS.— To the extent practicable, the evaluation described in subsection (a) shall be completed by using methods, to be developed by the Secretary in collaboration with State and local health officials, that facilitate the comparison of evaluations conducted by a State to those conducted by other States receiving funds under this section. "(c) REPORT. —Not later than 1 year after the date on which Deadline. a State, or a consortium of two or more States or political subdivisions of States, receives a grant under this subsection, such State, or a consortium of two or more States or political subdivisions of States, shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a report describing the results of the evaluation described in subsection (a) with respect to such State, or consortia of two or more States or political subdivisions of States. "(d) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds appropriated under this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds provided for activities under this section. "(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRLVTIONS.— There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year through 2003. "SEC 319C. GRANTS TO IMPROVE STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES. "(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. —The Secretary shall award competitive grants to eligible entities to address core public health capacity needs using the capacities developed under section 319A, with a particular focus on building capacity to identify, detect, monitor, and respond to threats to the public health. 42 USC 247d-3.
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