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This bill, the CDC Tribal Public Health Security and Preparedness Act, aims to improve state, local, and tribal public health security. The key provisions of the bill are: 1. It allows Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia to apply directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) program funds, which were previously only available to states and certain local entities. The CDC must award at least 10 cooperative agreements to tribal applicants and may make additional awards if more than 10 eligible applications are received. 2. The CDC must consult with tribes and tribal organizations to ensure the PHEP program enables these entities to respond to public health emergencies, and the Secretary may make necessary modifications to the program to facilitate its use by tribal entities. 3. The Secretary may waive or specify alternative requirements for the program with respect to tribal entities, except for labor standards or environmental provisions. 4. The Secretary must consult with Indian tribes and tribal organizations on the design of the program to ensure its effectiveness in enhancing tribal public health emergency preparedness and security. 5. The Secretary must submit a report to Congress reviewing the implementation of the program with respect to tribal entities, including any factors that may have limited its success, and analyzing any public health emergency infrastructure limitations encountered by these entities.

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