[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 815 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 815

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that governments 
  should assure that all travelers departing for or returning from a 
destination where mosquito transmission of the Zika Virus is occurring 
   will be informed of symptoms of the Zika Virus, the measures that 
should be taken to protect against mosquito bites, and inform women who 
    are pregnant or may become pregnant to seek the advice of their 
                       physician prior to travel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2016

 Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. 
 Peters, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. 
   Brown of Florida, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. 
Norton, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Meeks, Mr. 
     Al Green of Texas, and Mr. Jeffries) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that governments 
  should assure that all travelers departing for or returning from a 
destination where mosquito transmission of the Zika Virus is occurring 
   will be informed of symptoms of the Zika Virus, the measures that 
should be taken to protect against mosquito bites, and inform women who 
    are pregnant or may become pregnant to seek the advice of their 
                       physician prior to travel.

    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
governments, including the Government of Brazil, should--
            (1) assure that travelers are informed regarding the 
        presence of mosquito transmission of the Zika Virus;
            (2) assure that athletes traveling to the 2016 Olympics in 
        Brazil are informed regarding the presence of the Zika Virus 
        and that Brazil has taken appropriate protective measures to 
        keep athletes free of the disease;
            (3) urge travelers to take the appropriate steps to reduce 
        the chances of contracting the illness; and
            (4) urge travelers returning from an area where mosquito 
        transmission is known to be actively occurring to take 
        precautions to protect others from possible exposure to the 
        illness and to seek medical advice should symptoms of the 
        disease occur.
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