PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. Lowey. Petition No: 114-5. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/114/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0005.xml ">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Apr 25, 2016
This bill provides FY2016 emergency supplemental appropriations to the Departments of State and Health and Human Services (HHS) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Zika virus and other infectious diseases.
The bill specifies permissible uses for the funds and designates the funds as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits.
The bill provides appropriations to HHS for:
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the Food and Drug Administration,
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
the National Institutes of Health, and
the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund.
The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to permit Project BioShield to be used to support the advanced development and procurement of medical countermeasures to diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or treat harm from any infectious disease that may pose a threat to the public health. (Under current law, Project BioShield supports only countermeasures against specific chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear terrorist threats.)
The bill temporarily increases from 55% to 65% the Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage in the territories (Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands).
The bill provides appropriations to the Department of State for:
the Administration of Foreign Affairs,
the U.S. Agency for International Development,
Bilateral Economic Assistance,
International Security Assistance, and
Multilateral Assistance.
Unobligated balances of specified funds provided for the Ebola virus may be used to respond to the Zika virus and other infectious diseases.
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Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] · D–NY
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Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. Lowey. Petition No: 114-5. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/114/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0005.xml ">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
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