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Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act
Introduced: June 27, 2001
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Became law
Jun 27, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7001)
Jun 27, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7001)
Jun 27, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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). States 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, by 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 95 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 by December 31, 2010.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7001)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1