EXCLUSIVE — The RepublicanStudy Committee outlined its priorities on funding for HHSGov and the reauthorization of the CDC and the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act.
On top of all the other things Congress must do when it returns from August recess, lawmakers must also address a litany of public health-related pieces of legislation, including funding and reauthorizing a number of programs and agencies. The Washington Examiner obtained a memo the RSC plans to circulate to its members that lays out its priorities for these bills.
Another priority is ensuring that unconstitutional mandates, regulations, and guidance are avoided by setting “prohibitions on funds” for these programs. The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act was established in 2006 and implemented a national federal health preparedness and response plan. Congress reauthorized the legislation in 2013 and 2019, with the current law set to expire at the end of September.
“The CDC should divest of many of its centers and [invest] in greater cooperation with state, local, academic, and other public health institutions like its predecessor did,” the memo says. While it is unlikely all of this makes it into a final bill with Democrats controlling both the Senate and the White House, it does provide a road map for House Republicans in drafting their version of these pieces of legislation.
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