African Health Capacity Investment Act of 2007
Latest action · Oct 10, 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 10, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
African Health Capacity Investment Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide assistance, including through international or nongovernmental organizations, for programs to improve human health care capacity in sub-Saharan Africa.
Directs the President to develop and transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy for coordinating, implementing, and monitoring assistance programs for human health care capacity in sub-Saharan Africa.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 10, 2007 to Jun 3, 2008; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Oct 10, 2007 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Oct 17, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Oct 17, 2007 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Oct 17, 2007 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Oct 22, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Nov 1, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Nov 6, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Nov 14, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Dec 6, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Dec 6, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Dec 17, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jan 15, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jun 3, 2008 |
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 Oct 10, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 10, 2007Introduced in House
- Oct 10, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 4
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40127 | The Impact of Food Insecurity and Hunger on Global Health: Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Jan 12, 2009 |
| RL33771 | Trends in U.S. Global AIDS Spending: FY2000-FY2008 Archived | Report | Jul 16, 2008 |
| RL34246 | Tuberculosis: International Efforts and Issues for Congress Archived | Report | May 1, 2008 |
| RL33584 | AIDS in Africa Archived | Report | Feb 2, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 805 | African Health Capacity Investment Act of 2007 | Related bill | Oct 9, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa in the effort to achieve internationally recognized goals in the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other major diseases and the reduction of maternal and child mortality by improving human health care capacity and improving retention of medical health professionals in sub-Saharan Africa, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- African Health Capacity Investment Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Access to health care
- Africa (Sub-Saharan)
- AIDS (Disease)
- Alien labor
- Commerce
- Communicable diseases
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Data banks
- Developing countries
- Development credit institutions
- Distance education
- Economic assistance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emigration
- Environmental Protection
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health facilities
- Health information systems
- Health planning
- Health services administration
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Housing and Community Development
- Human immunodeficiency viruses
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- International monetary system
- Labor and Employment
- Malaria
- Mathematics
- Medical economics
- Medical education
- Medical personnel
- Medical supplies
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Nursing education
- Occupational health and safety
- Paramedical personnel
- Performance measurement
- Personnel management
- Potable water
- President and foreign policy
- Preventive medicine
- Public-private partnerships
- Quality of care
- Recruiting of employees
- Rural health
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Technical assistance
- Tuberculosis
- Water pollution control
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- World health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 10, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
