PROVISION OF MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES TO INDIAN PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES.

SEC. 2408. PROVISION OF MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES TO INDIAN PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES.(a) Clarification.—Section 319F–2(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(a)(3)) is amended—(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking “and local” and inserting “local, and Tribal”; and (2) in subparagraph ( J), by striking “and local” and inserting “local, and Tribal”. (b) Distribution of Medical Countermeasures to Indian Tribes.—Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 319F–4 the following:“SEC. 319F–5. PROVISION OF MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES TO INDIAN PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES. “In the event that the Secretary deploys the contents of the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F–2(a), or otherwise distributes medical countermeasures to States to respond to a public health emergency declared by the Secretary under section 319, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the applicable States, make such contents or countermeasures directly available to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations (as such terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304), which may include through health programs or facilities operated by the Indian Health Service, that are affected by such public health emergency.” .