; and the use of blood-based diagnostic tests, Interferon-gamma release assays or IGRAs, increases ability to detect LTBI among patients in affected communities. (15) The right to health, and the right to science as a necessary human right to help achieve the right to health, is enshrined in Articles 25 and 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These fundamental human rights cannot be achieved when anyone lacks access to TB prevention or treatment, and when the benefits of scientific innovation are not extended to people with all forms of TB. 782. Additional funding for States in combating and eliminating tuberculosis Section 317E(h) of the Public Health Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b–6(h) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) Additional funding for States in combating and eliminating tuberculosis In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out section 317 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2021. . 783. Strengthening clinical research funding for tuberculosis (a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall expand and intensify support for current and prospective research activities of the National Institutes of Health, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Tuberculosis Elimination to develop new therapeutics, diagnostics, vaccines, and other prevention modalities in addressing all forms of tuberculosis (referred to in this section as TB ). (b) Included research activities Research activities under subsection (a) shall include— (1) research and development, and pathways to approval, for novel, safe drugs and drug regimens for the treatment of TB, including in adolescent and pediatric populations and in pregnant and lactating women