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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1715
5	5	To fully fund the Prevention and Public Health Fund and reaffirm the
6	6	importance of prevention in the United States healthcare system.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY27, 2025
9	9	Ms. M
10	10	ATSUI(for herself, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms.
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12	12	ASTORof Florida, Mr. TONKO, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. TLAIB, Mr.
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14	14	OHEN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. TITUS, Mr. GREENof Texas,
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16	16	RIJALVA, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. MOULTON, Ms.
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18	18	LFRETH, Ms. CLARKEof New York, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr.
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20	20	HANEDAR, Mr. GARCIAof California, Mr. KHANNA, and Ms. TOKUDA)
21	21	introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
22	22	ergy and Commerce
23	23	A BILL
24	24	To fully fund the Prevention and Public Health Fund and
25	25	reaffirm the importance of prevention in the United
26	26	States healthcare system.
27	27	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
28	28	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
29	29	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
30	30	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Health Funding 4
31	31	Restoration Act’’. 5
32	32	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
33	33	Congress finds the following: 7
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37	37	(1) The Prevention and Public Health Fund 1
38	38	(section 4002 of the Patient Protection and Afford-2
39	39	able Care Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–11)) was designed 3
40	40	‘‘to provide for expanded and sustained national in-4
41	41	vestment in prevention and public health programs 5
42	42	to improve health and help restrain the rate of 6
43	43	growth in private and public health care costs’’. 7
44	44	(2) Funding under such section is essential to 8
45	45	core efforts at the Department of Health and 9
46	46	Human Services and in State, local, Tribal, and ter-10
47	47	ritorial health departments to prevent and control 11
48	48	the spread of infectious disease and prevent injuries 12
49	49	and the development of chronic conditions. 13
50	50	(3) Prevention and Public Health Fund dollars 14
51	51	support evidenced-based investments in tobacco use 15
52	52	prevention and cessation, nutrition, mental health, 16
53	53	childhood lead poisoning prevention, elder care ini-17
54	54	tiatives, and immunizations, among other prevention 18
55	55	initiatives. Funding gives States and communities 19
56	56	the flexibility to respond to public health threats 20
57	57	that may be unique to their communities and bol-21
58	58	sters the State, local, Tribal, and territorial response 22
59	59	to global public health threats. 23
60	60	(4) Such prevention efforts have shown to be 24
61	61	effective. Funding increases for community-based 25
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65	65	public health programs reduce infant deaths and 1
66	66	preventable deaths caused by cancer, diabetes, and 2
67	67	cardiovascular disease. Every dollar spent on preven-3
68	68	tion saves nearly $6 in health spending and every 4
69	69	dollar spent on childhood vaccines saves $16.50 in 5
70	70	future health care costs. 6
71	71	(5) Investments in prevention reduce the cost of 7
72	72	health care in the United States. $2,900,000,000 in 8
73	73	investments in community-based disease prevention 9
74	74	is estimated to save $16,500,000,000 annually with-10
75	75	in 5 years. 11
76	76	(6) Cuts to the Prevention and Public Health 12
77	77	Fund and other public health prevention efforts un-13
78	78	dermine efforts to create an affordable and acces-14
79	79	sible health care system, and a better quality of life 15
80	80	for Americans. 16
81	81	(7) Cuts to the Prevention and Public Health 17
82	82	Fund endanger the ability of States and localities to 18
83	83	distribute vaccinations and public health information 19
84	84	successfully. The Prevention and Public Health 20
85	85	Fund is critical to the growth of the Centers for 21
86	86	Disease Control and Prevention’s section 317 Immu-22
87	87	nization Program and to the Epidemiology and Lab-23
88	88	oratory Capacity program. 24
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92	92	(8) Restoring Prevention and Public Health 1
93	93	Fund funding to $2,000,000,000 annually will allow 2
94	94	the Fund to invest in more innovative, evidence- 3
95	95	based public health programs and maintain and ex-4
96	96	pand investments in programs with demonstrated 5
97	97	success. 6
98	98	(9) Restoring Prevention and Public Health 7
99	99	Fund funding to $2,000,000,000 will give the Cen-8
100	100	ters for Disease Control and Prevention and State, 9
101	101	local, Tribal, and territorial health departments 10
102	102	funding that they need to invest in prevention ef-11
103	103	forts that will help the country avoid future 12
104	104	pandemics and epidemics. 13
105	105	SEC. 3. PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH FUND. 14
106	106	Section 4002(b) of the Patient Protection and Af-15
107	107	fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–11(b)) is amended— 16
108	108	(1) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end 17
109	109	‘‘and’’; and 18
110	110	(2) by striking paragraphs (5) through (10) 19
111	111	and inserting the following: 20
112	112	‘‘(5) for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year 21
113	113	thereafter, $2,000,000,000.’’. 22
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