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 120 STAT. 2768

PUBLIC LAW 109–415—DEC. 19, 2006

Sec. 602. AIDS education and training centers. Sec. 603. Codification of minority AIDS initiative. TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 701. Hepatitis; use of funds. Sec. 702. Certain references. Sec. 703. Repeal.

TITLE I—EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR ELIGIBLE AREAS SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM; GENERAL ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2601 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–11) is amended by striking subsections (b) through (d) and inserting the following: ‘‘(b) CONTINUED STATUS AS ELIGIBLE AREA.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a metropolitan area that is an eligible area for a fiscal year continues to be an eligible area until the metropolitan area fails, for three consecutive fiscal years— ‘‘(1) to meet the requirements of subsection (a); and ‘‘(2) to have a cumulative total of 3,000 or more living cases of AIDS (reported to and confirmed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) as of December 31 of the most recent calendar year for which such data is available. ‘‘(c) BOUNDARIES.—For purposes of determining eligibility under this part— ‘‘(1) with respect to a metropolitan area that received funding under this part in fiscal year 2006, the boundaries of such metropolitan area shall be the boundaries that were in effect for such area for fiscal year 1994; or ‘‘(2) with respect to a metropolitan area that becomes eligible to receive funding under this part in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2006, the boundaries of such metropolitan area shall be the boundaries that are in effect for such area when such area initially receives funding under this part.’’. (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2601(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–11(a)) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘through (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘through (c)’’; and (2) by inserting ‘‘and confirmed by’’ after ‘‘reported to’’. (c) DEFINITION OF METROPOLITAN AREA.—Section 2607(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–17(2)) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘area referred’’ and inserting ‘‘area that is referred’’; and (2) by inserting before the period the following: ‘‘, and that has a population of 50,000 or more individuals’’. SEC. 102. TYPE AND DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS; FORMULA GRANTS.

(a) DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES.—Section 2603(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–13(a)(2)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence— (A) by striking ‘‘50 percent of the amount appropriated 2⁄3 percent of the under section 2677’’ and inserting ‘‘66

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