On the recordJuly 24, 2018
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 344, S. 2278. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2278) to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to improve health care in rural areas. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, with an amendment, as follows: (The part of the bill intended to be stricken is shown in boldface brackets and the part of the bill intended to be inserted is shown in italic.) S. 2278 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018''. SEC. 2. STATE OFFICES OF RURAL HEALTH. Section 338J of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254r) is amended to read as follows: ``SEC. 338J. GRANTS TO STATE OFFICES OF RURAL HEALTH. ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (established under section 711 of the Social Security Act), shall make grants to each State Office of Rural Health for the purpose of improving health care in rural areas.…
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