of medicine in diverse and underserved areas. Sec. 1202. Amendment to the Public Health Service Act . Sec. 1203. Hispanic-serving institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, Tribal colleges, regional community-based organizations, and national minority medical associations. Sec. 1204. Loan repayment program of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sec. 1205. Study and report on strategies for increasing diversity. Sec. 1206. Amendments to the Pandemic EBT Act. Title XIII—Public Health Assistance to Tribes Sec. 1301. Appropriations for the Indian Health Service. Sec. 1302. Improving State, local, and Tribal public health security. Sec. 1303. Provision of items to Indian programs and facilities. Sec. 1304. Health care access for urban native veterans. Sec. 1305. Proper and reimbursed care for native veterans. I Racial and Ethnicity Data Collection A Collection and Reporting 101. Equitable data collection and disclosure on COVID–19 Act (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID–19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020. By late March 2020, there have been over 470,000 confirmed cases of, and 20,000 deaths associated with, COVID–19 worldwide. (2) In the United States, cases of COVID–19 have quickly surpassed those across the world, and as of April 12, 2020, over 500,000 cases and 20,000 deaths have been reported in the United States alone. (3) Early reporting on racial inequities in COVID–19 testing and treatment have renewed calls for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other relevant subagencies within the Department of Health and Human Services to publicly release racial and demographic information to better inform the pandemic response, specifically in communities of color and in Limited English Proficient (LEP) communities. (4) The burden of morbidity and mortality in the United States has historically