,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #caad  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ba1     
#bjah ,ms4 ,harris introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to provide for the             
establishment of a national registry to 
track cases of coccidioidomycosis1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,combat  
,valley ,fever ,act4  #b4 ,tracking     
cases of coccidioidomycosis  7a7        
,registry  7#a7 ,in general ,the        
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services 7referred to in this section  
as the ,secretary71 acting through the  
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention and in consultation with the
 ,secretary of ,agriculture1 shall      
establish a registry for reports of     
cases of coccidioidomycosis4  7#b7      
,grant program ,the ,secretary shall    
award grants to ,states and ,state and  

local departments of health for the     
purpose of supporting the surveillance  
of cases of coccidioidomycosis within   
the applicable ,state1 and the reporting
 of any such cases to the registry      
established under paragraph 7#a74  7#c7 
,year of diagnosis ,in listing cases of 
coccidioidomycosis in the registry      
established under paragraph 7#a71 the   
,secretary shall attribute each case to 
the year in which it was diagnosed4  7b7
 ,protocols and guidelines ,the         
,secretary1 in consultation with the    
,secretary of ,agriculture1 shall make  
publicly available any protocols and    
guidelines developed by the ,department 
of ,agriculture1 the ,national          
,institutes of ,health1 the ,centers for
 ,disease ,control and ,prevention1 or  
appropriate professional health care    
organizations1 for purposes of educating
 health care providers1 farmers1 and    
other agricultural workers regarding the
 most recent scientific and medical     
information on the etiology1            

transmission1 diagnosis1 surveillance1  
and treatment of coccidioidomycosis4    
7c7 ,authorization of appropriations    
,there are authorized to be appropriated
 such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out this section4