Global Health Innovation Act of 2015
Latest action · Dec 18, 2015 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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.
- IntroducedMay 5, 2015
- Passed HouseDec 18, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Global Health Innovation Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to report annually for four years to Congress regarding:
- the extent to which global health innovations include drugs, diagnostics, devices, vaccines, electronic and mobile health technologies, and related behavior change and service delivery innovations;
- how innovation has advanced USAID's commitments to achieving an HIV/AIDS-free generation, ending preventable child and maternal deaths, and protecting communities from infectious diseases;
- how goals are set for health product development in relation to USAID's health-related goals;
- how USAID is leveraging U.S. investments to achieve greater impact in health innovation, developing and introducing affordable global health products, and increasing health innovations in the development pipeline;
- how USAID is coordinating with other federal departments and agencies in support of global health product development; and
- how USAID is coordinating and aligning global health innovation activities between the Global Development Lab, the Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact, and the Bureau for Global Health.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2015 to Dec 8, 2015; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Original | May 5, 2015 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | May 12, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Jul 23, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jul 28, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 30, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Sep 30, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Sep 30, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Oct 28, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Nov 4, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Nov 4, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Nov 4, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Nov 4, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Nov 4, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Nov 4, 2015 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Nov 4, 2015 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Nov 5, 2015 | |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Nov 16, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Dec 8, 2015 |
Committees 2
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 May 5, 2015Markup Nov 5, 2015 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Dec 18, 2015 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2015Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10696)
- Dec 18, 2015Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 12/16/2015 H9348)
- Dec 18, 2015Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 18, 2015Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Dec 16, 2015Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H10696 | — | Dec 18, 2015 |
| House | Debate and remarks H9348, H9349Text printed H9348 | Albio Sires D-NJ, Edward R. Royce R-CA | Dec 16, 2015 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 24, 2015H.R. 2241, Global Health Innovation Act of 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 5, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 67, May 5, 2015, page H2799.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-112 | GLOBAL HEALTH INNOVATION ACT OF 2015; AGOA ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2015;. FIRST RESPONDERS PASSPORT ACT OF 2015;. AND FOREIGN AID TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 201549 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Nov 5, 2015 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1660 | Global Health Innovation Act of 2017 | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 3, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to submit to Congress a report on the development and use of global health innovations in the programs, projects, and activities of the Agency.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Global Health Innovation Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Global Health Innovation Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Child health
- Congressional oversight
- Drug therapy
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- HIV/AIDS
- Immunology and vaccination
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- International Affairs
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Product development and innovation
- Public-private cooperation
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Women's health
- World health
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2015Engrossed in House
- Dec 18, 2015Referred in Senate
- May 5, 2015Introduced 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.
