SMASH Act
USA115th CongressS-849| Senate
| Updated: 9/8/2017
Angus S. King
Independent Senator
Maine
Cosponsors (6)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on May 1, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Strengthening Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act or the SMASH Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend through FY2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants for mosquito control programs. The grant program is expanded so that grants may be used to address emerging, infectious mosquito-borne diseases and to improve existing control programs. The CDC must give preference to applicants that have: (1) a public health emergency due to a mosquito-borne disease, or (2) a control program that is consistent with existing state preparedness plans. The requirement for matching funds may be waived if the area covered by a grant applicant has an extreme need due to the size or density of the potentially impacted human population, the size or density of the mosquito population that requires heightened control, or the severity of the mosquito-borne disease. (Sec. 3) CDC grants to help public health agencies improve surveillance and response activities are extended through FY2022. (Sec. 4) The Government Accountability Office must report on the surveillance and control of mosquito-borne infectious diseases in the United States and territories.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 45.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S5018-5019; text: S5018-5019)
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5018-5019; text: S5018-5019)
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Congressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careEmergency planning and evacuationGovernment studies and investigationsHealth facilities and institutionsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesInsectsMedical tests and diagnostic methodsPest management
SMASH Act
USA115th CongressS-849| Senate
| Updated: 9/8/2017
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on May 1, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Strengthening Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act or the SMASH Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend through FY2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grants for mosquito control programs. The grant program is expanded so that grants may be used to address emerging, infectious mosquito-borne diseases and to improve existing control programs. The CDC must give preference to applicants that have: (1) a public health emergency due to a mosquito-borne disease, or (2) a control program that is consistent with existing state preparedness plans. The requirement for matching funds may be waived if the area covered by a grant applicant has an extreme need due to the size or density of the potentially impacted human population, the size or density of the mosquito population that requires heightened control, or the severity of the mosquito-borne disease. (Sec. 3) CDC grants to help public health agencies improve surveillance and response activities are extended through FY2022. (Sec. 4) The Government Accountability Office must report on the surveillance and control of mosquito-borne infectious diseases in the United States and territories.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 45.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S5018-5019; text: S5018-5019)
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5018-5019; text: S5018-5019)
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Angus S. King
Independent Senator
Maine
Cosponsors (6)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Health
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