IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 701 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the current out-
break of Ebola in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia is an international 
health crisis and is the largest and most widespread outbreak of the 
disease ever recorded. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2014 
Ms. BASS (for herself, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CROW-
LEY, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HONDA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. LEE 
of California, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. RUSH, 
Mr. WOLF, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. 
NORTON, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
FATTAH, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 
Texas, Ms. MOORE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. 
DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. WILSON of Flor-
ida, Ms. KELLY
of Illinois, Ms. CLARKE
of New York, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. SIRES, Mr. CON-
NOLLY, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. KEATING, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, 
Mr. MARINO, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. 
ROHRABACHER, Mr. SALMON, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. 
BROWNLEY
of 
California, 
Mrs. 
NEGRETE
MCLEOD, 
and 
Mr. 
MCDERMOTT) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the current outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Sierra Leone, 
and Liberia is an international health crisis and is the 
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largest and most widespread outbreak of the disease 
ever recorded. 
Whereas Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia are currently fac-
ing the largest and most geographically widespread Ebola 
outbreak ever recorded; 
Whereas as of July 23, 2014, according to the World Health 
Organization (WHO) there are 1,201 suspect and con-
firmed cases of Ebola in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Libe-
ria resulting in 672 deaths; 
Whereas on average, Ebola kills up to 90 percent of the peo-
ple who contract the disease and currently there is no 
specific approved treatment or vaccine available to pre-
vent the disease; 
Whereas the current outbreak is the first major Ebola out-
break in West Africa and is present in both urban and 
rural areas, many of the region’s health workers did not 
have experience or training to care for patients with the 
disease or protect themselves from contraction; 
Whereas the current Ebola outbreak has already crossed 
international borders, such as the Liberian passenger 
who arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, with the disease in late 
July and died there; 
Whereas without containment of the disease and additional 
support from the international community, the outbreak 
could become a greater regional and global health threat; 
Whereas Ebola is contagious and transmitted to humans 
through close contact with bodily tissue, blood, secretions, 
organs, or other bodily fluids of infected persons or ani-
mals; 
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Whereas treatment of Ebola requires immediate and pro-
longed isolation of patients and vigilant observation of in-
fection control protocols to prevent further spread and 
contraction of the disease; 
Whereas the Ministry of Health of Guinea, the Ministry of 
Health and Sanitation of Sierra Leone, and the Ministry 
of Health and Social Welfare of Liberia are working with 
national and international partners to investigate and re-
spond to the outbreak but need additional support to 
properly care for patients and control the outbreak; 
Whereas Doctors Without Borders is currently the main 
international aid organization treating people affected by 
the virus, and currently does not have the capacity to 
treat all patients requiring their care; 
Whereas United States support to foreign nations to prepare 
and respond to disease outbreaks through coordination of 
several United States Government agencies, including the 
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 
the Department of State, and the Department of De-
fense; 
Whereas since March 2014, the CDC has deployed over 40 
experts at a cost of $600,000 and currently has a 7-per-
son team in Guinea, one staff person in Sierra Leone, 
and a team of 9 in Liberia assisting the respective Min-
istries of Health and the World Health Organization 
(WHO) led international response to this Ebola outbreak, 
and recently activated CDC’s Emergency Operations 
Center to support the response; 
Whereas since the emergence of the current Ebola outbreak, 
USAID has provided $750,000 to the WHO Global Out-
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break and Response Network (GOARN) for deployment 
of technical experts and $500,000 to WHO’s Africa Re-
gional Office (AFRO) for operational and personnel sup-
port; 
Whereas despite the significant work from the Ministry of 
Health of Guinea, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation 
of Sierra Leone, and the Ministry of Health and Social 
Welfare of Liberia and international support from the 
United States Government, the WHO, Doctors Without 
Borders, and other international partners more must be 
done to increase capacity, knowledge, and experience to 
deal with the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa which has 
severely hampered the ability of affected countries to 
quickly detect and respond to the outbreak; and 
Whereas there is a drastic need for additional resources, in-
cluding knowledgeable medical professionals and equip-
ment to strengthen quality of care and surveillance for 
case finding and contact tracing: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) asserts that the current outbreak of Ebola 
in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia is an inter-
national health crisis and is the largest and most 
widespread outbreak of the disease ever recorded; 
(2) acknowledges the lifesaving work already 
done by the Ministry of Health of Guinea, the Min-
istry of Health and Sanitation of Sierra Leone, and 
the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Libe-
ria, the United States Government, the World 
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Health Organization, Doctors Without Borders, and 
other international partners; 
(3) calls on the international community and all 
nations to immediately provide additional resources 
and services to develop the capacity of affected na-
tions to address current and future public health cri-
ses; 
(4) requests that the United States work in a 
coordinated capacity to develop a unified global 
health security plan to adequately respond to disease 
outbreaks globally and prioritize global health secu-
rity; 
(5) calls upon the United States to work with 
international health authorities to assist endemic na-
tions in the development and fielding of medical 
countermeasures (diagnostics, vaccines, and thera-
peutics) to treat victims and those at risk of Ebola; 
and 
(6) urges the United States Government to 
prioritize the elimination of Ebola as a public health 
threat. 
Æ 
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