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21st Century Global Health Technology Act

Introduced: October 22, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Apr 11, 2013
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21st Century Global Health Technology Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) a program to develop technologies designed to: (1) improve the health and nutrition of populations in developing countries; (2) reduce maternal, newborn, and child mortality in such countries; and (3) improve the diagnosis, prevention, and reduction of disease, especially HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases in such countries.

States that such program shall: (1) be carried out under a cooperative agreement between USAID and one or more institutions with a successful record of advancing the technologies described in this Act and integrating practical field experience into the research and development process, and (2) codify the Health Technologies program under which USAID supports the development of technologies for global health.

States that USAID's Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact shall continue its work to speed the development, introduction, and scale-up of priority global health interventions.

Directs USAID to report annually to Congress on USAID research and development activities.

What's happening now April 11, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 5 Republican 1
ENGEL, ELIOT
· Jul 15, 2014
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Apr 28, 2014
Heck, Denny
· Mar 12, 2014
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 12, 2014
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· Feb 26, 2014
CRENSHAW, ANDER
· Jan 28, 2014
SLAUGHTER, LOUISE
· Oct 22, 2013
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jul 22, 2013
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jul 22, 2013
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jul 22, 2013
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Apr 11, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1515: 21st Century Global Health Technology Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1515/
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