Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1567
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Chemotherapy
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Drugs
Economic assistance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
International agencies
Medical records
Medical research
Medical tests
Pharmaceutical research
President and foreign policy
Public health
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Tuberculosis
Vaccines
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: 
Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require (currently, authorizes) the President to furnish assistance for tuberculosis (TB) prevention, treatment, and elimination.

Gives priority to activities described in the Stop TB Strategy (as defined by this Act). Revises related fund use provisions.

Authorizes the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide increased resources to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership to improve the capacity of countries with high TB rates and other affected countries to implement the Stop TB Strategy and specific strategies related to addressing drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).

Authorizes appropriations for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) TB activities.

action_date: 2007-10-15
text: 
Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the President to furnish assistance for tuberculosis (TB) prevention, treatment, and elimination.(Current law authorizes such assistance.)
 
Gives priority to activities described in the Stop TB Strategy (as defined by this Act). Revises related fund use provisions.
 
Authorizes the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide increased resources to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership to improve the capacity of countries with high TB rates and other affected countries to implement the Stop TB Strategy and specific strategies related to addressing drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).
 
Authorizes: (1) FY2008-FY2009 appropriations for the President to carry activities to combat tuberculosis; and (2) set-asides from such amounts for global tuberculosis activities by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

action_date: 2007-11-05
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on October 15, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the President to furnish assistance for tuberculosis (TB) prevention, treatment, and elimination.(Current law authorizes such assistance.)
 
Gives priority to activities described in the Stop TB Strategy (as defined by this Act). Revises related fund use provisions.
 
Authorizes the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide increased resources to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership to improve the capacity of countries with high TB rates and other affected countries to implement the Stop TB Strategy and specific strategies related to addressing drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).
 
Authorizes: (1) FY2008-FY2009 appropriations for the President to carry activities to combat tuberculosis; and (2) set-asides from such amounts for global tuberculosis activities by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-06
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 472.
action_date: 2007-11-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-11-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H12459-12460)
action_date: 2007-11-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H12459-12460)
action_date: 2007-11-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1567.
action_date: 2007-11-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H12459-12462)
action_date: 2007-11-05
text: Mr. Engel moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 238.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 110-381, Part I.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 110-381, Part I.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E579)
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House