,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhgf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ba1 #bjai,mr4  
,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce1 and in addition to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 for a  
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,state to make 
available to the ,director of the       
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention copies of consular reports  
of death of ,united ,states citizens1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,american ,students ,abroad ,act4  #b4  
,copies of consular reports of death of 
,u4,s4 citizens abroad to be made       
available to the ,centers for ,disease  
,control and ,prevention  7a7 ,in       

general ,the ,secretary of ,state shall 
make available to the ,director of the  
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention for each calendar quarter a 
copy of each report described in        
subsection 7b7 that is issued during the
 preceding calendar quarter4  7b7       
,report described ,the report described 
in this subsection is a report issued by
 a ,united ,states embassy or consulate 
relating to the death of a ,united      
,states citizen in a foreign country    
upon receipt by the embassy or consulate
 of the foreign death certificate or    
finding of death by a local competent   
authority4  #c4 ,surveillance by ,,cdc  
of deaths of ,united ,states citizens   
abroad ,the ,public ,health ,service    
,act is amended by inserting after      
section #cag,t of such ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;b-#bb7 the following3    
#cag,u4 ,surveillance of deaths of      
,united ,states citizens abroad ,the    
,secretary1 acting through the ,director
 of the ,centers for ,disease ,control  

and ,prevention1 shall expand and       
intensify the programs and activities of
 the ,centers for surveillance of deaths
 of ,united ,states citizens occurring  
abroad4  4