Physician Education for Fistula Treatment Act
Latest action · Dec 13, 2018 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.
- IntroducedDec 13, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Physician Education for Fistula Treatment Act
This bill authorizes the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, to support training programs for obstetrician-gynecologists and sub-specialists in urogynecology in least developed countries; the center must also develop a strategy to address physician shortages in such countries.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 13, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Dec 13, 2018 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Dec 13, 2018 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Dec 13, 2018 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Dec 13, 2018 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Dec 13, 2018 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Dec 13, 2018 |
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 Dec 13, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2018Introduced in House
- Dec 13, 2018Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H10211.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize assistance to train and retain obstetrician-gynecologists and sub-specialists in urogynecology and to help improve the quality of care to meet the health care needs of women in least developed countries, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Physician Education for Fistula Treatment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Congressional oversight
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Family planning and birth control
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Higher education
- International Affairs
- Medical education
- Sex and reproductive health
- Surgery and anesthesia
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Women's health
- World health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2018Introduced 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.
