3.0.0 2897 2023-01-11T13:30:50Z 2023-01-11T13:30:50Z House HR 2015-06-25 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 103 (Thursday, June 25, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia:H.R. 2897.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, the Commerce Clause[Page H4772]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2015-06-26T15:13:30Z Referred to 2015-06-25T13:03:20Z 2015-06-26 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2015-06-25 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2015-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 N S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 2015-06-25 True R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 13 2015-06-25 True C001067 Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] Yvette Clarke D NY D. 9 2015-06-25 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2015-06-25 True B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5] CORRINE BROWN D FL 5 2015-06-25 True F000043 Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] CHAKA FATTAH D PA 2 2015-06-25 True R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2015-06-25 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 2015-07-07 False Health Congressional oversight Health programs administration and funding Infectious and parasitic diseases Poverty and welfare assistance Health 00 2015-06-25 Introduced in House 2015-07-27T17:09:51Z Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2015

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on the epidemiology of, impact of, and appropriate funding required to address neglected diseases of poverty, including Chagas disease, cysticercosis, toxocariasis, toxoplasmosis, trichomoniasis, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and other related diseases. The report should provide the information necessary to guide future health policy to evaluate the current state of knowledge concerning such diseases and address the threat of such diseases.

]]> Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2015 Display Title Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To require the submission of a report to the Congress on parasitic disease among poor Americans. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr2897ih/xml/BILLS-114hr2897ih.xml 2015-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.