[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2854 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2854

     To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
 International Development to submit a report on progress relating to 
               malaria reduction, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2023

  Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Hill, and Ms. 
    Wild) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
 International Development to submit a report on progress relating to 
               malaria reduction, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) April 25 of each year is recognized internationally as 
        ``World Malaria Day''.
            (2) Malaria is a leading cause of death and disease in many 
        developing countries, with nearly half of all cases globally 
        occurring in only 4 countries, despite being preventable and 
        treatable.
            (3) At the end of 2021, there were an estimated 247,000,000 
        malaria cases in 84 endemic countries and 619,000 deaths from 
        malaria.
            (4) Between 2019 and 2021, an estimated additional 
        13,400,000 cases and 63,000 deaths were attributed to 
        disruptions during that period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
            (5) Young children and pregnant women are particularly 
        vulnerable to, and disproportionately affected by, malaria, 
        with children under the age of 5 accounting for 76 percent of 
        malaria deaths each year.
            (6) Malaria was once a leading cause of death in the United 
        States.
            (7) Fighting malaria is in the national interest of the 
        United States because reducing the risk of malaria protects 
        members of the Armed Forces and other people of the United 
        States serving overseas in malaria-endemic regions, and 
        reducing malaria deaths helps to lower risks of instability in 
        less developed countries.
            (8) United States support for efforts to fight malaria--
                    (A) is in the diplomatic and moral interests of the 
                United States;
                    (B) generates goodwill toward the United States; 
                and
                    (C) highlights the values of the people of the 
                United States through the work of governmental, 
                nongovernmental, and faith-based organizations of the 
                United States.
            (9) Global investments made in malaria intervention 
        programs have averted an estimated 2,000,000,000 malaria cases 
        and 11,700,000 malaria deaths between 2000 and 2021.
            (10) The United States Government has played a leading role 
        in the recent progress made toward reducing the global burden 
        of malaria, particularly through the President's Malaria 
        Initiative and the contribution of the United States to the 
        Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
            (11) In fiscal year 2021, the President's Malaria 
        Initiative protected nearly 100,000,000 people with 
        insecticide-treated bed nets, more than 21,000,000 people with 
        indoor insecticide spraying, more than 8,000,000 children with 
        seasonal preventive treatments, and more than 5,000,000 women 
        with preventive treatments in pregnancy.
            (12) The United States is the largest donor to the Global 
        Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and every $1 
        contributed by the United States leverages an additional $2 
        from other donors, as required by law.
            (13) The United States Government is pursuing a 
        comprehensive approach to ending malaria deaths through the 
        President's Malaria Initiative, led by the Administrator of the 
        United States Agency for International Development and 
        implemented with assistance from the Director of the Centers 
        for Disease Control and Prevention, the Secretary of State, the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the 
        National Institutes of Health, the Secretary of Defense, and 
        private sector entities.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress to--
            (1) support the goals and ideals of ``World Malaria Day'';
            (2) recognize the importance of reducing malaria prevalence 
        and deaths to improve overall child and maternal health in all 
        endemic regions, especially in sub-Saharan Africa;
            (3) commend the recent progress made toward reducing global 
        malaria morbidity, mortality, and prevalence, particularly 
        through the efforts of the President's Malaria Initiative and 
        the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria;
            (4) commend the efforts and achievements in preventing and 
        treating malaria by endemic countries through the national 
        malaria control programs of such countries;
            (5) welcome ongoing public-private partnerships to research 
        and develop more effective and affordable tools for malaria 
        prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and vaccination;
            (6) recognize the goals, priorities, and authorities to 
        combat malaria set forth in the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde 
        United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, 
        and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-293; 
        122 Stat. 2918);
            (7) support efforts to reduce malaria case incidence and 
        malaria mortality rates by at least 90 percent by 2030;
            (8) support continued leadership by the United States in 
        bilateral, multilateral, and private sector efforts to combat 
        malaria and to work with developing countries to create long-
        term strategies to increase ownership over malaria programs; 
        and
            (9) encourage other members of the international community 
        to sustain and increase their support for, and financial 
        contributions to, efforts to combat malaria worldwide.

SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development shall submit to Congress a report on the cumulative 
progress toward 90 percent malaria reduction by 2030, including by 
providing incidence and mortality rates of malaria.
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