3.0.0 4118 2023-01-11T13:46:06Z 2023-01-11T13:46:06Z Senate S 2020-06-30 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-01T00:58:40Z 2020-06-30 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-06-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. N International Affairs Advisory bodies Animal and plant health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Health information and medical records Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases International organizations and cooperation Medical tests and diagnostic methods Refugees, asylum, displaced persons United Nations World health International Affairs 00 2020-06-30 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-13T22:07:14Z Improving Pandemic Preparedness and Response Through Diplomacy Act

This bill requires the President to appoint a Special Presidential Envoy for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, who shall supervise diplomatic efforts to prepare for, detect, respond to, and recover from pandemics and other global outbreaks of infectious disease. The bill also requires the Department of the Treasury to remit all U.S.-assessed contributions to the World Health Organization.

The envoy must develop and implement a diplomatic strategy that addresses, among other things (1) the development of medical countermeasures for emerging infectious diseases; (2) zoonotic (animal-to-human transmission) disease prevention, detection, and response; (3) the development of disease surveillance systems; and (4) efforts to combat the spread of disinformation and discrimination related to the outbreak and spread of infectious disease.

The envoy shall regularly convene (1) an interagency steering committee to aid in the development, coordination, and implementation of this strategy; and (2) an outside panel of experts to advise on scientific, technical, and policy matters and to make recommendations for the diplomatic strategy.

]]> Improving Pandemic Preparedness and Response Through Diplomacy Act Display Title Improving Pandemic Preparedness and Response Through Diplomacy Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Improving Pandemic Preparedness and Response Through Diplomacy Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the President to appoint a Special Presidential Envoy for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, who shall develop and implement a diplomatic strategy to prepare for, detect, respond to, and recover from pandemics and other global outbreaks of infectious disease, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4118is/xml/BILLS-116s4118is.xml 2020-06-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.