Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One Health Act of 2019
United States116th CongressHR-3771House of Representatives
Updated: Aug 9, 2019
Summary
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.
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S-1903: Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One Health Act of 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
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