tory and has a reported 1,778 confirmed total cases, 
and 1,153 confirmed deaths. 
(2) Despite the use of preventive tools and new 
therapeutics, insecurity and community resistance to 
response efforts remain major obstacles to ending 
the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Re-
public of the Congo, and the outbreak continues to 
spread. 
(3) Hospitals, health clinics, and Ebola clinics 
have been repeatedly attacked by armed actors. 
(4) On February 28, 2019, Doctors Without 
Borders suspended its work in Ebola epicenters after 
two treatment centers were attacked. 
(5) On April 19, 2019, Dr. Richard Valery 
Mouzoko Kiboung, an epidemiologist from Cameroon 
deployed by the World Health Organization to east-
ern Congo to help stop the outbreak, was killed in 
an attack on Butembo University Hospital. 
(6) Healthcare workers responding to Ebola 
have expressed concerns about their ability to con-
tinue working on the response given the complex se-
curity situation. 
(7) If the outbreak is not brought under con-
trol, it risks spreading across the border to neigh-
boring countries and endangering millions of people. 
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(8) The Administration released a November 
29, 2018, Presidential Memorandum implementing 
aid restrictions to most countries on Tier III of the 
2018 Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report that fully 
restricted non-humanitarian, non-trade related aid to 
the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 
(9) Paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 110(d) of 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 
U.S.C. 7107(d)(4)) authorize the continuation of as-
sistance in Tier III countries if such assistance is 
determined to be in the national interest of the 
United States. 
(10) Section 110(d)(5)(B) of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7107(d)(5)(B)) states, ‘‘The President shall exercise 
the [waiver] authority under paragraph (4) when 
necessary to avoid significant adverse effects on vul-
nerable populations, including women and children.’’. 
(11) The President has not exercised the waiver 
authority provided for in section 110(d)(5)(B) of the 
Trafficking in Victims Protection Act of 2000 in re-
lation to health, education, or community outreach 
activities essential to the success of the Ebola re-
sponse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 
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(12) It is in the national interest of the United 
States to help control and end the current Ebola 
outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 
before it spreads. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION TO ADDRESS THE EBOLA OUT-
BREAK IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF 
THE CONGO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 110 of 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7107), the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall immediately provide as-
sistance, including multi-sectoral, non-humanitarian, and 
non-trade related foreign assistance, to the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo and other vulnerable countries to 
effectively combat the Ebola outbreak that began in Au-
gust 2018. Subject to the availability of appropriations, 
such assistance shall be provided at levels commensurate 
with both the threat posed by the Ebola outbreak and an 
effective response. Activities to expand and improve access 
to communities heavily affected by the Ebola outbreak 
should be prioritized under this section. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
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tions of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives a report— 
(1) describing the actions the Administrator has 
taken and plans to take under section 3(a) to end 
the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic 
of the Congo; and 
(2) proposing any additional legal authorities 
required to improve the response to the Ebola out-
break in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. 
Æ 
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