; (2) an assessment of the potential public health impact of implementing electronic case reporting and interoperable public health data systems; and (3) a description of the activities carried out pursuant to this section. (g) Electronic case reporting In this section, the term electronic case reporting means the automated identification, generation, and bilateral exchange of reports of health events among electronic health record or health information technology systems and public health authorities. (h) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $450,000,000, to remain available until expended. (i) Tribal set-Aside Of the amounts authorized under subsection (h), no less than 3 percent, but up to 5 percent of such funds, shall be reserved for noncompetitive grants or cooperative agreements to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations (as those terms are defined under section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act). . 4. Core public health infrastructure for State, local, Tribal, and territorial health departments (a) Program The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary ), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall establish a core public health infrastructure program consisting of awarding grants under subsection (b). (b) Grants (1) Award For the purpose of addressing core public health infrastructure needs, the Secretary— (A) shall award a grant to each State health department; (B) shall award grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations on a noncompetitive basis; and (C) may award grants on a competitive basis to State, local, Tribal, or territorial health departments. (2) Allocation Of the total amount of funds awarded as grants under this subsection for a fiscal year— (A) not less than 50 percent shall be for grants to State health departments under paragraph (1)(A)