New Partnership for Haiti Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-945
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Access to health care
Ambulances
Americans in foreign countries
Building construction
Caribbean area
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil engineering
Clinics
Commerce
Communicable diseases
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Democracy
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Engineers
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government publicity
Haiti
Health
Health education
Health facilities
Health planning
Higher education
Hospitals
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Human rights
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International agencies
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Malaria
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical technology
Nongovernmental organizations
Nurse practitioners
Nurses
Opposition (Political science)
Pharmacists
Physicians
President and foreign policy
Preventive medicine
Professional education
Public-private partnerships
Refuse and refuse disposal
Road construction
Scholarships
School buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Sewage disposal
Sewerage
Strategic planning
Student loan funds
Technical assistance
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation engineering
Tuberculosis
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality
Water storage
Water supply
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
New Partnership for Haiti Act of 2005 - Directs the President to work with the Government of Haiti and international organizations to establish a comprehensive and integrated strategy to combat infectious diseases in Haiti, including HIV/AIDS, and to establish a comprehensive health infrastructure in Haiti.
 
Authorizes the President: (1) acting through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), to provide assistance to Haiti to develop its health sector, including by supporting infrastructure and education and prevention activities; and (2) acting through the Secretary of State and the Corps of Engineers, to provide assistance to develop Haiti's basic sanitation and transportation infrastructure.
 
Directs the President to establish a program to recruit U.S. health care professionals and engineers to rebuild the health care and physical infrastructures of Haiti. Authorizes the President to provide financial incentives to encourage program participation.
 
Conditions assistance upon a presidential submission to the appropriate congressional committees that Haiti has a democratically elected government. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E398)
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E280)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House