Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One Health Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3771
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Environmental health
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medical research
State and local government operations
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: 

Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One Health Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with other specified agencies and departments, to develop, publish, and submit to Congress a national One Health Framework for coordinated federal activities under the One Health Program, which encourages collaborative efforts to help better prevent, prepare for, and respond to zoonotic disease outbreaks.
 
The framework must (1) describe existing efforts and contain recommendations for building upon and complementing the activities of federal entities; and (2) establish specified goals, including advancing the scientific understanding of the connections among human, animal, and environmental health. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2019-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2019-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2019-07-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2019-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Introduced in House