HR 1168
107th Congress
House
Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act
Official title: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide increased foreign assistance for tuberculosis prevention, treatment, and control.
International Affairs
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CongressCongressional reporting requirementsDrug resistance in microorganismsEconomics and Public FinanceExecutive Office of the PresidentGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthInternational agenciesInternational cooperationMedical statisticsPreventive medicineTuberculosisWorld health
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Mar 22, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Mar 22, 2001
Introduced in House
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
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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.
Bill text
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- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
23
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
D
Pallone, Frank
DUNN, JENNIFER
R
Wilson, Joe
R
Lucas, Frank D.
D
Nadler, Jerrold
D
DeGette, Diana
LAMPSON, NICK
D
Davis, Danny K.
LUCAS, KEN
D
McCollum, Betty
D
Waters, Maxine
D
Baldwin, Tammy
DEUTSCH, PETER
Isakson, Johnny
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
D
Pelosi, Nancy
CARSON, BRAD
FROST, MARTIN
D
Lofgren, Zoe
MCCARTHY, KAREN
SANDLIN, MAX
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