; Effective date (1) Transfer of authorities The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall delegate to the Director of the National Center for Violence Prevention all duties and authorities relating to violence prevention that, as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act, were vested in the Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Office of Noncommunicable Diseases, Injury, and Environmental Health of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2) Effective date This section and the amendments made by this section apply beginning on the day that is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 4. Public Health Violence Prevention Program Part W of title III of the Public Health Service Act (241 et seq.), as added by section 3, is amended by adding at the end the following new subpart: II Public Health Violence Prevention Program 399OO–11. Establishment of program and general provisions (a) Establishment The Director shall establish a Public Health Violence Prevention Program under which the Director shall establish and oversee each of the grant programs under this subpart. (b) Preference (1) In general In awarding grants under a grant program under this subpart the Director shall give preference to applications for projects to serve an area that is included in the cities, counties (including rural), and frontier areas with the 50 highest annual rates of violence per capita as well as those with the highest increases in all forms of violence over a period, as specified by the Director. (2) Determination considerations For purposes of this subsection— (A) to determine annual rates of violence the Director shall consider data on gun violence, sexual violence, domestic violence, drug-related violence, school violence, child abuse, elder abuse, and suicide