Ebola Emergency Response Act

Bill: 113-hr-5710
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2014-11-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Border security and unlawful immigration
Building construction
Cemeteries and funerals
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Economic development
Food assistance and relief
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Guinea
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International organizations and cooperation
Liberia
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Public-private cooperation
Reconstruction and stabilization
Sierra Leone
United Nations
Water use and supply
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2014-11-14
text: 
Ebola Emergency Response Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: 
 
 
the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa poses severe health, economic, and security threats to the affected countries, the United States, and the broader international community; and 
 
 the whole-of-government response taken by the United States provides capabilities critical to helping contain Ebola in West Africa; yet the United States alone will not succeed in containing it.
 
 
Directs the President to: 
 
 
 coordinate with the governments of affected African countries, the private sector, regional and international financial institutions and international organizations, civil society, and nongovernmental organizations to implement a comprehensive Ebola control strategy and assist affected populations; and 
 
use U.S. influence at the United Nations (U.N.) to ensure that the U.N. Mission in Liberia is protecting individuals under its care and playing an active emergency response role, and ensuring that the U.N. Mission for the Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) is playing an effective role in aligning donors around a plan to detect, contain, treat, and deter Ebola's further spread.
 
 
Authorizes the President to provide specified emergency assistance to countries directly affected by or at imminent risk of being affected by the Ebola outbreak. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should work with other donors, including international financial institutions, to encourage them to: (1) help the governments of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone mitigate the risks of economic collapse and related civil unrest by providing access to emergency grants and financing tools to address fiscal issues that are the direct result of the Ebola crisis; and (2) assist with post-crisis economic recovery. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-11-20
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-11-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-11-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1632)
action_date: 2014-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2014-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2014-11-14
text: Introduced in House