Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of establishing a program to foster private investment by the people of the United States in Iraqi schools and hospitals through adopt-a-school and adopt-a-hospital initiatives.
Latest action · Nov 19, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Progress
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- IntroducedNov 19, 2003
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, in coordination with the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, should establish a program to foster private assistance by the people of the United States to Iraqi schools and hospitals through adopt-a-school and adopt-a-hospital initiatives.
Calls for: (1) mechanisms to establish inventories of specific material and financial educational and medical needs which are made known to schools, education professionals, students, hospitals, and health care professionals in the United States; and (2) avenues for the donation, collection, and transfer of supplies and funds directly to Iraqi schools and hospitals.
Calls for online peer-to-peer consultation between education and health care professionals in Iraq and the United States, as well as student-to-student communication.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 19, 2003 to Nov 21, 2003; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Bill Shuster | Original | Nov 19, 2003 |
| R-NC | Charles H. Taylor | Original | Nov 19, 2003 |
| R-FL | Dave Weldon | Original | Nov 19, 2003 |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | Original | Nov 19, 2003 |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Original | Nov 19, 2003 |
| R-AZ | Jim Kolbe | Original | Nov 19, 2003 |
| R-MO | Jo Ann Emerson | Original | Nov 19, 2003 |
| R-NY | John E. Sweeney | Original | Nov 19, 2003 |
| R-FL | Katherine Harris | Original | Nov 19, 2003 |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Original | Nov 19, 2003 |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Original | Nov 19, 2003 |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Original | Nov 19, 2003 |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| R-NC | Cass Ballenger | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| R-WA | Jennifer Dunn | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| R-NY | Sue W. Kelly | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| R-KS | Todd Tiahrt | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| R-NE | Tom Osborne | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| R-MD | Wayne T. Gilchrest | Nov 21, 2003 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 19, 2003 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2003Introduced in House
- Nov 19, 2003Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of establishing a program to foster private investment by the people of the United States in Iraqi schools and hospitals through adopt-a-school and adopt-a-hospital initiatives.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Access to health care
- Charitable contributions
- Communication in medicine
- Economic assistance
- Education
- Educational exchanges
- Educational facilities
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Hospitals
- International Affairs
- International relief
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Medical economics
- Medical personnel
- Medical supplies
- Middle East and North Africa
- Secondary education
- Students
- Teachers
- Teaching materials
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2003Introduced in House
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