Calling for renewed, decisive, and robust international collaboration and coordination to fight COVID-19 across Africa.
Latest action · Mar 25, 2021 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedMar 17, 2021
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
This resolution declares that decreasing the spread of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) in Africa is in the national interest of the United States, commends the work of Africa's frontline health workers, and calls on the United States and the international community to support African countries' responses to the pandemic.
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2021 to Apr 14, 2021, with 26 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 25, 2021Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute.
- Mar 17, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 17, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Africa
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional tributes
- Education programs funding
- Educational technology and distance education
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Food assistance and relief
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign loans and debt
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Immunology and vaccination
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Multilateral development programs
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public participation and lobbying
- Rule of law and government transparency
- United Nations
- Women's health
- Women's rights
- Worker safety and health
- World health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2021Introduced in House
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