Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One Health Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2061
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2021-03-18 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: 2021-03-18
text: 

Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One Health Act of 2021

 
This bill requires interagency coordination to respond to zoonotic diseases through a One Health Program. A One Health Program recognizes the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment.
 
Specifically, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Agriculture must develop a framework to coordinate federal activities to reduce hazards to human and animal health under the One Health Program. These departments must work with other federal entities on the framework, including the Department of Commerce.
 
This framework must establish goals, identify activities necessary to achieve those goals, and recommend legislation or other actions to advance One Health efforts.
 
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must evaluate this framework and its implementation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-18
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: 2021-03-18
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: 2021-03-18
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: 2021-03-18
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: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Introduced in House