H.R. 2524 would provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education with increased authority with respect to asthma programs, and it would provide for increased funding for such programs.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(LogAsthma Act - Authorizes additional appropriations to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. Requires the Program's coordinating committee to report to Congress on: (1) the scope of the asthma problem in the United States; (2) federal programs that carry out asthma-related activities; and (3) recommendations for strengthening and better coordinating such activities. Includes the Secretary of Education or a designee in the committee's membership.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) collaborate with states to editexpand the wikiscope of asthma-related activities to determine the incidence and beprevalence of asthma and prevent related health consequences; (2) conduct local asthma surveillance activities to collect data on the firstprevalence and severity of asthma and the quality of asthma management; and (3) compile and annually publish data on the prevalence of asthma in children.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for: (1) information and education on asthma; and (2) referrals to health programs that provide asthma-related services.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out a detailed summary ofprogram to encourage the bill!)states to implement plans for activities to assist children with respect to asthma in accordance with the Institute's guidelines; and (2) make a grant to states under the state children's health program (SCHIP) for such activities.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies to carry out asthma-related activities at elementary and secondary schools in communities with a significant number of low-income or underserved individuals.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 5/24/2007:7/24/2007: Referred to House committee.subcommittee. Status: Referred to the CommitteeSubcommittee on EnergyHealthy Families and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Communities.
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== Points in Favor ==

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