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1 ‘‘(7) as appropriate, in carrying out this sec-
2 tion, consider the national strategy under section
3 3121.
4 ‘‘(c) ROLE OF AGENCY.—The Secretary shall provide
5 ongoing administrative, research, and technical support
6 for the operations of the Task Force, including coordi-
7 nating and supporting the dissemination of the rec-
8 ommendations of the Task Force.
9 ‘‘(d) MEMBERSHIP.—
10 ‘‘(1) NUMBER; APPOINTMENT.—The Task
11 Force shall be composed of 30 members, appointed
12 by the Secretary.
13 ‘‘(2) TERMS.—
14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
15 appoint members of the Task Force for a term
16 of 6 years and may reappoint such members,
17 but the Secretary may not appoint any member
18 to serve more than a total of 12 years.
19 ‘‘(B) STAGGERED TERMS.—Notwith-

20 standing subparagraph (A), of the members

21 first appointed to serve on the Task Force after
22 the enactment of this section—
23 ‘‘(i) 10 shall be appointed for a term
24 of 2 years;

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1 ‘‘(ii) 10 shall be appointed for a term
2 of 4 years; and
3 ‘‘(iii) 10 shall be appointed for a term
4 of 6 years.
5 ‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members of the Task
6 Force shall be appointed from among individuals
7 who possess expertise in at least one of the following
8 areas:
9 ‘‘(A) Public health.
10 ‘‘(B) Evaluation of research and system-
11 atic evidence reviews.
12 ‘‘(C) Disciplines relevant to community
13 preventive services, including health promotion;
14 disease prevention; chronic disease; worksite
15 health; qualitative and quantitative analysis;
16 and health economics, policy, law, and statis-
17 tics.
18 ‘‘(4) REPRESENTATION.—In appointing mem-
19 bers of the Task Force, the Secretary—
20 ‘‘(A) shall ensure that all areas of exper-
21 tise described in paragraph (3) are represented;
22 ‘‘(B) shall ensure that such members in-
23 clude sufficient representatives of each of—
24 ‘‘(i) State health officers;
25 ‘‘(ii) local health officers;

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1 ‘‘(iii) health care practitioners; and
2 ‘‘(iv) public health practitioners; and
3 ‘‘(C) shall appoint individuals who, collec-
4 tively, have significant experience working with
5 racially and ethnically diverse populations.
6 ‘‘(e) SUBGROUPS.—As appropriate to maximize effi-
7 ciency, the Task Force may delegate authority for con-
8 ducting reviews and making recommendations to sub-
9 groups consisting of Task Force members, subject to final
10 approval by the Task Force.
11 ‘‘(f) COMMUNITY PREVENTION STAKEHOLDERS
12 BOARD.—
13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall con-
14 vene a community prevention stakeholders board
15 composed of representatives of appropriate public
16 and private entities with an interest in community
17 preventive services to advise the Task Force on de-
18 veloping, updating, publishing, and disseminating
19 evidence-based recommendations on the use of com-
20 munity preventive services.
21 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the com-
22 munity prevention stakeholders board shall include
23 representatives of the following:
24 ‘‘(A) Health care consumers and patient
25 groups.

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1 ‘‘(B) Providers of community preventive
2 services, including community-based providers.
3 ‘‘(C) Federal departments and agencies,
4 including—
5 ‘‘(i) appropriate health agencies and
6 offices in the Department, including the
7 Office of the Surgeon General of the Pub-
8 lic Health Service, the Office of Minority
9 Health, and the Office on Women’s
10 Health; and
11 ‘‘(ii) as appropriate, other Federal de-
12 partments and agencies whose programs
13 have a significant impact upon health (as
14 determined by the Secretary).
15 ‘‘(D) Private health care payors.
16 ‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In accordance with
17 subsection (b)(5), the community prevention stake-
18 holders board shall—
19 ‘‘(A) recommend community preventive
20 services for review by the Task Force;
21 ‘‘(B) suggest scientific evidence for consid-
22 eration by the Task Force related to reviews
23 undertaken by the Task Force;
24 ‘‘(C) provide feedback regarding draft rec-
25 ommendations by the Task Force; and

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1 ‘‘(D) assist with efforts regarding dissemi-
2 nation of recommendations by the Director of
3 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
4 ‘‘(g) DISCLOSURE AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—
5 Members of the Task Force or the community prevention
6 stakeholders board shall not be considered employees of
7 the Federal Government by reason of service on the Task
8 Force, except members of the Task Force shall be consid-
9 ered to be special Government employees within the mean-
10 ing of section 107 of the Ethics in Government Act of
11 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) and section 208 of title 18, United
12 States Code, for the purposes of disclosure and manage-
13 ment of conflicts of interest under those sections.
14 ‘‘(h) NO PAY; RECEIPT OF TRAVEL EXPENSES.—
15 Members of the Task Force or the community prevention
16 stakeholders board shall not receive any pay for service
17 on the Task Force, but may receive travel expenses, in-
18 cluding a per diem, in accordance with applicable provi-
19 sions of subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United
20 States Code.
21 ‘‘(i) APPLICATION OF FACA.—The Federal Advisory
22 Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) except for section 14 of
23 such Act shall apply to the Task Force to the extent that
24 the provisions of such Act do not conflict with the provi-
25 sions of this title.

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1 ‘‘(j) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the
2 Congress an annual report on the Task Force, including
3 with respect to gaps identified and recommendations made
4 under subsection (b)(4).
5 ‘‘Subtitle D—Prevention and
6 Wellness Research
7 ‘‘SEC. 3141. PREVENTION AND WELLNESS RESEARCH ACTIV-

8 ITY COORDINATION.

9 ‘‘In conducting or supporting research on prevention

10 and wellness, the Director of the Centers for Disease Con-
11 trol and Prevention, the Director of the National Insti-
12 tutes of Health, and the heads of other agencies within
13 the Department of Health and Human Services con-
14 ducting or supporting such research, shall take into con-
15 sideration the national strategy under section 3121 and
16 the recommendations of the Task Force on Clinical Pre-
17 ventive Services under section 3131 and the Task Force
18 on Community Preventive Services under section 3132.
19 ‘‘SEC. 3142. COMMUNITY PREVENTION AND WELLNESS RE-

20 SEARCH GRANTS.

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through

22 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
23 vention, shall conduct, or award grants to eligible entities
24 to conduct, research in priority areas identified by the Sec-
25 retary in the national strategy under section 3121 or by

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1 the Task Force on Community Preventive Services as re-
2 quired by section 3132.
3 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under
4 this section, an entity shall be—
5 ‘‘(1) a State, local, or tribal department of
6 health;
7 ‘‘(2) a public or private nonprofit entity; or
8 ‘‘(3) a consortium of 2 or more entities de-
9 scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2).
10 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the
11 Congress an annual report on the program of research
12 under this section.
13 ‘‘Subtitle E—Delivery of Commu-
14 nity Prevention and Wellness
15 Services
16 ‘‘SEC. 3151. COMMUNITY PREVENTION AND WELLNESS

17 SERVICES GRANTS.

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through

19 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
20 vention, shall establish a program for the delivery of com-
21 munity preventive and wellness services consisting of
22 awarding grants to eligible entities—
23 ‘‘(1) to provide evidence-based, community pre-
24 ventive and wellness services in priority areas identi-

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1 fied by the Secretary in the national strategy under
2 section 3121; or
3 ‘‘(2) to plan such services.
4 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—
5 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—To be eligible for a grant
6 under this section, an entity shall be—
7 ‘‘(A) a State, local, or tribal department of
8 health;
9 ‘‘(B) a public or private entity; or
10 ‘‘(C) a consortium of—
11 ‘‘(i) 2 or more entities described in
12 subparagraph (A) or (B); and
13 ‘‘(ii) a community partnership rep-
14 resenting a Health Empowerment Zone.
15 ‘‘(2) HEALTH EMPOWERMENT ZONE.—In this
16 subsection, the term ‘Health Empowerment Zone’
17 means an area—
18 ‘‘(A) in which multiple community preven-
19 tive and wellness services are implemented in
20 order to address one or more health disparities,
21 including those identified by the Secretary in
22 the national strategy under section 3121; and
23 ‘‘(B) which is represented by a community
24 partnership that demonstrates community sup-

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