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<title>Ebola Eradication Act of 2019</title>
<summary summary-id="id116s1340v55" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2019-10-01">
<action-date>2019-09-23</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Ebola Eradication Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to immediately assist in efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DPRC), South Sudan, and Burundi to combat the Ebola outbreak that began in August 2018. The bill also directs the&nbsp;USAID to report to Congress on its efforts in the eastern part of the DPRC and on proposed additional legal authorities needed to improve such efforts. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id116s1340v25" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2019-09-24">
<action-date>2019-06-03</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Ebola Eradication Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to immediately assist in efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DPRC) and other vulnerable countries to combat the Ebola outbreak that began in August 2018. The bill also directs the&nbsp;USAID to report to Congress on its efforts in the eastern part of the DPRC and on proposed additional legal authorities needed to improve such efforts. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id116s1340v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2019-09-24">
<action-date>2019-05-07</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Ebola Eradication Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to assist in efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DPRC). The bill also directs the&nbsp;USAID to report to Congress on its efforts in the eastern part of the DPRC and on proposed additional legal authorities needed to improve such efforts.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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