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S 1340 116th Congress Senate International Affairs Africa Congressional oversight Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign aid and international relief Infectious and parasitic diseases World health

Ebola Eradication Act of 2019

Introduced: May 7, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 24, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sep 24, 2019
Received in the House.
Sep 24, 2019
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 23, 2019
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5633)
Sep 23, 2019
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S5633)
Sep 23, 2019
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 23, 2019
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5632-5633)
Jun 3, 2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 102.
Jun 3, 2019
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
May 22, 2019
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 7, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
May 7, 2019
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 2

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to 1 pending / other

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 940 — To modify the authority to provide assistance. Agreed to Sep 23, 2019
SAMDT 935 Lee, Mike — Pending —
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ebola Eradication Act of 2019

This bill directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to immediately assist in efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DPRC), South Sudan, and Burundi to combat the Ebola outbreak that began in August 2018. The bill also directs the USAID to report to Congress on its efforts in the eastern part of the DPRC and on proposed additional legal authorities needed to improve such efforts.

What's happening now September 24, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3085 Related bill Ebola Eradication Act of 2019
 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Young, Todd
Indiana · Jul 15, 2019
 D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · May 22, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1340: Ebola Eradication Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1340/
MLA
"S. 1340: Ebola Eradication Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1340/.
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S. 1340, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1340/.
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[S. 1340: Ebola Eradication Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1340/)
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