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H.R. 441: To amend Public Law 107-10 to authorize a United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, and for other purposes.

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H.R. 441: To amend Public Law 107-10 to authorize a United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, and for other purposes.

108th Congress · introduced 2003-01-29 · International Affairs · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2003-01-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 50 (2003): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR441 (2003-03-11), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

To amend Public Law 107-10 to authorize a United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the House on January 29, 2003. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Amends Federal law to find that the government of Taiwan, in response to an appeal from the United Nations and the United States for resources to control the spread of HIV/AIDS, donated $1 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Authorizes the Secretary of State to initiate a U.S. plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual week-long summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, and to instruct the U.S. delegation there to implement such plan.

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Official text

To amend Public Law 107-10 to authorize a United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] · 33 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 441, A bill to amend Public Law 107-10 to authorize a United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, and for other purposes (2003-03-10); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 441, A bill to amend Public Law 107-10 to authorize a United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, and for other purposes (2003-03-10)

Cosponsors on this site

Brad Sherman (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (1)
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr441 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108