[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 165 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 165

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to 
                                 polio.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2017

Mr. Wilson of South Carolina submitted the following resolution; which 
 was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition 
  to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Financial Services, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to 
                                 polio.

Whereas polio has paralyzed millions and killed untold numbers of others 
        throughout history, yet continues to remain a public health threat in 
        today's world, despite being easily preventable by vaccination;
Whereas while polio has been eradicated in nearly every country, it remains in 3 
        countries, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria, placing children around 
        the world, including in the United States, at risk;
Whereas the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a partnership with Rotary 
        International (by establishing the historic PolioPlus Program), the 
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health 
        Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, and the Bill and 
        Melinda Gates Foundation, in collaboration with national governments, 
        exists and seeks to forever end polio as an illness; and
Whereas the United States has the capacity to act to speed the eradication of 
        polio by assisting in the targeting of its few remaining reservoirs and 
        supporting the efforts of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative around 
        the globe: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) expresses serious concern about the public health 
        threat posed by polio;
            (2) implores the United Nations and its component agencies, 
        the private sector, private voluntary organizations, 
        nongovernmental organizations, concerned States, and 
        international financial institutions to act with haste and 
        manifold dedication to eradicate polio by 2018; and
            (3) calls upon the executive branch to provide the 
        necessary human and material resources to end the scourge of 
        polio once and for all, including closely monitoring laboratory 
        stocks of the polio virus.
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