Global Health Security Act of 2018
Latest action · Dec 13, 2018 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
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.
- IntroducedDec 13, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Global Health Security Act of 2018
This bill directs the President to create the Global Health Security Agenda Interagency Review Council, which shall facilitate implementation of the Global Health Security Agenda, an initiative launched by nearly 30 nations to address global infectious disease threats. The President shall also designate a National Security Council employee as a special advisor responsible for coordinating the interagency response to global health security emergencies.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 13, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Dec 13, 2018 |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Original | Dec 13, 2018 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Dec 13, 2018 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Dec 13, 2018 |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Original | Dec 13, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2018Introduced in House
- Dec 13, 2018Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Advisory bodies
- Animal and plant health
- Congressional oversight
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Executive Office of the President
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- International Affairs
- Public-private cooperation
- World health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2018Introduced in House
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