This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to states and localities for improving clinical laboratory infrastructure to expand COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) testing capacity.
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants 
     to States and political subdivisions of States to support the 
improvement, renovation, or modernization of infrastructure at clinical 
laboratories that will help to improve SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 testing 
  and response activities, including the expansion and enhancement of 
                 testing capacity at such laboratories.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE LABORATORY INFRASTRUCTURE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
award grants to States and political subdivisions of States to support 
the improvement, renovation, or modernization of infrastructure at 
clinical laboratories (as defined in section 353 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 263a)) that will help to improve SARS-CoV-2 and 
COVID-19 testing and response activities, including the expansion and 
enhancement of testing capacity at such laboratories.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $4,500,000,000 for the period of 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
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To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States and political subdivisions of States to support the improvement, renovation, or modernization of infrastructure at clinical laboratories that will help to improve SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 testing and response activities, including the expansion and enhancement of testing capacity at such laboratories.
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States and political subdivisions of States to support the improvement, renovation, or modernization of infrastructure at clinical laboratories that will help to improve SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 testing and response activities, including the expansion and enhancement of testing capacity at such laboratories.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States and political subdivisions of States to support the improvement, renovation, or modernization of infrastructure at clinical laboratories that will help to improve SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 testing and response activities, including the expansion and enhancement of testing capacity at such laboratories.
Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie