HRES 245
117th Congress
House
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Africa
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Calling for renewed, decisive, and robust international collaboration and coordination to fight COVID-19 across Africa.
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Mar 25, 2021
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute.
Mar 25, 2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 17, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 17, 2021
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
This resolution declares that decreasing the spread of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) in Africa is in the national interest of the United States, commends the work of Africa's frontline health workers, and calls on the United States and the international community to support African countries' responses to the pandemic.
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Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute.
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
32
R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
R
Wilson, Joe
R
McCaul, Michael T.
R
Smith, Christopher H.
D
Costa, Jim
D
Keating, William R.
D
Larsen, Rick
D
Lieu, Ted
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
D
Bera, Ami
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Brown, Anthony
Butterfield, G. K.
D
Castro, Joaquin
D
Evans, Dwight
HASTINGS, ALCEE
D
Jacobs, Sara
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
D
Khanna, Ro
Lawrence, Brenda
Malinowski, Tom
D
Morelle, Joseph D.
D
Neguse, Joe
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Omar, Ilhan
D
Pressley, Ayanna
RUSH, BOBBY
D
Sherman, Brad
Sires, Albio
D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
D
Titus, Dina
D
Vargas, Juan
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 245: Calling for renewed, decisive, and robust international collaboration and coordination to fight COVID-19 across Africa.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-245/
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