HR 1168
107th Congress
House
International Affairs
American economic assistance
Antibiotics
Appropriations
Authorization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Economics and Public Finance
Executive Office of the President
Government Operations and Politics
Health
International agencies
International cooperation
Medical statistics
Preventive medicine
Tuberculosis
World health
Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act
Introduced: March 22, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 22, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Mar 22, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to declare that a major objective of the U.S. foreign assistance program is to control tuberculosis (TB) and that consequently Congress expects the agency primarily responsible for the administration of TB control health programs to: (1) coordinate with the World Health Organization and other designated health organizations toward the development and implementation of a comprehensive TB control program, including expanding the use of the strategy of directly observed treatment, short course (DOTS) and strategies to address multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) where appropriate at the local level, particularly in countries with the highest TB rate; and (2) set as a goal the cure of at least 85 percent of TB cases detected by focusing efforts on the use of DOTS strategy or other internationally accepted primary TB control strategies in those countries in which the agency has established development programs, and the reduction of TB -related deaths by 50 percent, by December 31, 2010.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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