; people of color and immigrants are less likely to be insured and are more likely to live in medically underserved areas. (11) Due to structural racism, older adults of color are also more likely to be admitted to nursing homes and assisted living facilities and to reside in those of poor quality, and when older adults of color do receive home and community based services, Medicaid spends less money on their services and they are more likely to be hospitalized than older white adults. (12) In addition, the Federal Government’s failure to honor the unique political status of American Indian and Alaska Native people, to respect the inherent sovereignty of Tribal Nations, and to uphold its trust and treaty obligations to Tribal Nations and American Indian and Alaska Native people, is an ongoing and unjust manifestation of centuries of oppression, with the consequence of adverse health outcomes for Native peoples. (13) The COVID–19 pandemic has exposed the devastating impact of structural racism on the United States’ ability to ensure equitable health outcomes for people of color, and made these communities more likely to suffer from severe outcomes due to the coronavirus infection. (14) Racial and ethnic inequity in public health is a result of systematic, personally mediated, and internalized racism and racist public and private policies and practices, and dismantling structural racism is integral to addressing public health. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Antiracism The term antiracism is a collection of antiracist policies that lead to racial equity, and are substantiated by antiracist ideas. (2) Antiracist The term antiracist is any measure that produces or sustains racial equity between racial groups. 4. Public health research and investment in dismantling structural racism Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 320B. National center on Antiracism and Health (a) In general (1) National center There is established within the