The National Institutes of Health. (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to each covered agency to carry out this section $4,000,000, to remain available until expended. 317122. Modernization of State and local health inequities data (a) In general Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall award grants to State, local, Tribal, and territorial health departments in order to support the modernization of data collection methods and infrastructure for the purposes of increasing data related to health inequities, such as racial, ethnic (including breakdowns of major ethnic groups and Tribal affiliations within minority populations), socioeconomic, sex, gender, age, geographic region, primary written and spoken language, sexual orientation, occupation, and disability status disparities. The Secretary shall— (1) provide guidance, technical assistance, and information to grantees under this section on best practices regarding culturally competent, accurate, and increased data collection and transmission