,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #geia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bf1 #bjbb,ms4
 ,tlaib 7for herself1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1   
,ms4 ,eshoo1 and ,ms4 ,kelly of         
,illinois7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,public ,health   
,service ,act to include ,middle        
,easterners and ,north ,africans in the 
statutory definition of a racial and    
ethnic minority group1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,health ,equity and 
,middle ,eastern and ,north ,african    
,community ,inclusion ,act of #bjbb or  
the ,health ,equity and ,,mena          
,community ,inclusion ,act of #bjbb4    
#b4 ,inclusion of ,middle ,easterners   
and ,north ,africans in definition of   
racial and ethnic minority groups  7a7  
,in general ,section #agjg7;g77#a7 of   
the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #cjju-#f7;g77#a77 is amended  

by striking and ,hispanics and inserting
 ,hispanics1 and ,middle ,easterners and
 ,north ,africans4  7b7 ,references     
,except as otherwise specified1 any     
reference to the term racial and ethnic 
minority group in any ,federal          
regulation1 guidance1 order1 or document
 for establishment or implementation of 
any federally conducted or supported    
health care or public health program1   
activity1 or survey shall be treated as 
having the definition given to such term
 in section #agjg7;g77#a7 of the ,public
 ,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#cjju-#f7;g77#a774  7c7 ,sense of       
,congress ,it is the sense of the       
,congress that subsections 7a7 and 7b7  
should be implemented so as to ensure   
that-- 7#a7 the definition of a racial  
and ethnic minority group in section    
#agjg7;g77#a7 of the ,public ,health    
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#cjju-#f7;g77#a771 as amended by        
subsection 7a71 is applied in the       
implementation and execution of ,federal

 programs and activities that reference 
such definition2  7#b7 no racial and    
ethnic minority group served by such    
programs and activities is negatively   
impacted by subsection 7a7 or 7b72 and  
7#c7 the level of funding authorized for
 such programs and activities in        
connection with communities of ,middle  
,easterners and ,north ,africans is     
commensurate with the level of funding  
authorized for such programs and        
activities in connection with other     
racial and ethnic minority groups1      
taking into consideration the size and  
needs of the respective populations4