US Congress Senate Bill 2843 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-1)
Status: Introduced on April 21 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2390)
Pending: Senate Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to provide emergency supplemental appropriations to address the Zika crisis. 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: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, the National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration. 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 and Other International Programs for: the Administration of Foreign Affairs, Global Health Programs, International Security Assistance, Multilateral Assistance, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Unobligated balances of specified funds provided for the Ebola virus may be used to respond to the Zika virus and other infectious diseases.

A bill to provide emergency supplemental appropriations to address the Zika crisis.

Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-21	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2390)

HB5044 (Related) 2016-06-21 - Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. Lowey. Petition No: 114-5. ( ">Discharge petition text with signatures.)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2843/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2843/BILLS-114s2843is.pdf