Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Fund funding to $2,400,000,000 annually will allow the Fund to invest in more innovative, evidence-based public health programs, maintain and expand investments in programs with demonstrated success, and help reduce racial health disparities and rates of chronic disease that can put persons of color at greater risk of hospitalization or death from COVID–19. (11) Further, the Office of Minority Health in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (established by section 1707 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300u–6 )) was designed for the purpose of improving minority health and the quality of health care minorities receive, and eliminating racial and ethnic disparities . The Office of Minority Health and Health Equity at the CDC serves to decrease health disparities, address social determinants of health, and promote access to high-quality preventative health care. The Office of Minority Health and Health Equity at the Food and Drug Administration promotes and protects the health of diverse populations through research and communication of science that addresses health disparities. The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities leads scientific research that advances understanding of minority health and health disparities. (12) Increasing funding for these and other critical health programs will enable the United States and State departments of public health to better combat disparities that have emerged during the COVID–19 crisis and beyond. 3. Reducing COVID–19 disparities by investing in public health (a) Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion There is authorized to be appropriated, and there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion , for fiscal year 2020 and each subsequent fiscal year, $2,400,000,000. (b) National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities There is