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 124 STAT. 543 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(5) OPERATION.—Operation. In carrying out the duties under paragraph (2), the Task Force is not subject to the provisions of Appendix 2 of title 5, United States Code. ‘‘(6) INDEPENDENCE.—All members of the Task Force con- vened under this subsection, and any recommendations made by such members, shall be independent and, to the extent practicable, not subject to political pressure. ‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year to carry out the activities of the Task Force.’’. (b) COMMUNITY PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by paragraph (2), is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SEC. 399U. COMMUNITY PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE. ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—The Director of the Cen- ters for Disease Control and Prevention shall convene an inde- pendent Community Preventive Services Task Force (referred to in this subsection as the ‘Task Force’) to be composed of individuals with appropriate expertise. Such Task Force shall review the sci- entific evidence related to the effectiveness, appropriateness, and cost-effectiveness of community preventive interventions for the purpose of developing recommendations, to be published in the Guide to Community Preventive Services (referred to in this section as the ‘Guide’), for individuals and organizations delivering popu- lation-based services, including primary care professionals, health care systems, professional societies, employers, community organizations, non-profit organizations, schools, governmental public health agencies, Indian tribes, tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations, medical groups, Congress and other policy- makers. Community preventive services include any policies, pro- grams, processes or activities designed to affect or otherwise affecting health at the population level. ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall include— ‘‘(1) the development of additional topic areas for new rec- ommendations and interventions related to those topic areas, including those related to specific populations and age groups, as well as the social, economic and physical environments that can have broad effects on the health and disease of populations and health disparities among sub-populations and age groups; ‘‘(2) at least once during every 5-year period, review inter- ventions and update recommendations related to existing topic areas, including new or improved techniques to assess the health effects of interventions, including health impact assess- ment and population health modeling; ‘‘(3) improved integration with Federal Government health objectives and related target setting for health improvement; ‘‘(4) the enhanced dissemination of recommendations; ‘‘(5) the provision of technical assistance to those health care professionals, agencies, and organizations that request help in implementing the Guide recommendations; and ‘‘(6) providing yearly reports to Congress and related agen- cies identifying gaps in research and recommending priority areas that deserve further examination, including areas related Review. Recommenda- tions. Publication. 42 USC 280g–10.