US Congress House Bill 2241 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-7)
Status: Engrossed on December 18 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-18 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Global Health Innovation Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to report annually for four years to Congress regarding: the extent to which global health innovations include drugs, diagnostics, devices, vaccines, electronic and mobile health technologies, and related behavior change and service delivery innovations; how innovation has advanced USAID's commitments to achieving an HIV/AIDS-free generation, ending preventable child and maternal deaths, and protecting communities from infectious diseases; how goals are set for health product development in relation to USAID's health-related goals; how USAID is leveraging U.S. investments to achieve greater impact in health innovation, developing and introducing affordable global health products, and increasing health innovations in the development pipeline; how USAID is coordinating with other federal departments and agencies in support of global health product development; and how USAID is coordinating and aligning global health innovation activities between the Global Development Lab, the Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact, and the Bureau for Global Health.

Global Health Innovation Act of 2015

Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-12-18	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2015-12-18	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2015-12-18	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 12/16/2015 H9348)
2015-12-18	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10696)
2015-12-16	House	At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Royce objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
2015-12-16	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2241.
2015-12-16	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9348-9349; text of measure as introduced: CR H9348)
2015-12-16	House	Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2015-11-05	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
2015-11-05	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-05-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2015-05-05	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2241/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2241/BILLS-114hr2241ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2241/BILLS-114hr2241eh.pdf