,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #aa1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,hudson 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,tonko1 ,mrs4 ,brooks of ,indiana1 and  
,ms4 ,eshoo7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 in addition to the ,committees on      
,transportation and ,infrastructure1 and
 ,homeland ,security1 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 amend the ,public ,health
 ,service ,act to clarify that the      
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall lead all ,federal public
 health and medical response to         
emergencies and disasters declared by   
the ,president pursuant to the ,national
 ,emergencies ,act or the ,robert ,t4   
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act1 and for    

other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,health        
,emergencies ,are ,literally ,tenets of 
,,hhs ,act of #bjbj or the ,,health ,act
 of #bjbj4  #b4 ,lead agency for        
,federal public health and medical      
response to public health emergencies   
,section #bhja of the ,public ,health   
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;hh7 is
 amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by   
inserting after shall lead all ,federal 
public health and medical response to   
public health emergencies and incidents 
the following3 7including emergencies   
and disasters declared by the ,president
 pursuant to the ,national ,emergencies 
,act or the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford       
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        
,assistance ,act72 and  7#b7 in         
subsection 7b71 by inserting after shall
 assume operational control of emergency
 public health and medical response     
assets1 as necessary1 in the event of a 
public health emergency the following3  
or in the event of an emergency or      

disaster declared by the ,president     
under the ,national ,emergencies ,act or
 the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster    
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act4
  #c4 ,deployment by the ,secretary of  
,health and ,human ,services of         
,national ,strategic ,stockpile ,section
 #cai;,f-#b7;a77#c77;,f7 of the ,public 
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bdg;d-#f;b7a77#c77;,f77 is amended by  
striking as required by and inserting in
 consultation with4  #d4 ,authority and 
responsibilities of the ,federal        
,emergency ,management ,agency regarding
 the ,strategic ,national ,stockpile    
,the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb  
is amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a7  
of section #ejc7;b77#b7 7#f ,u4,s4,c4   
#cac7;b77#b771 by inserting 1 in        
coordination with relevant ,federal     
agencies1 after lead2 and  7#b7 in      
subparagraph 7,d7 of section            
#ejd7;a77#c7 7#f ,u4,s4,c4              
#cad7;a77#c771 by striking requiring and
 inserting 1 at the direction of the    

,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 assisting in4