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H.R. 1515: 21st Century Global Health Technology Act

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H.R. 1515: 21st Century Global Health Technology Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-04-11 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-04-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

21st Century Global Health Technology Act

Plain summary

21st Century Global Health Technology Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) a program to develop technologies designed to: (1) improve the health and nutrition of populations in developing countries; (2) reduce maternal, newborn, and child mortality in such countries; and (3) improve the diagnosis, prevention, and reduction of disease, especially HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases in such countries. States that such program shall: (1) be carried out under a cooperative agreement between USAID and one or more institutions with a successful record of advancing the technologies described in this Act and integrating practical field experience into the research and development process, and (2) codify the Health Technologies program under which USAID supports the development of technologies for global health. States that USAID's Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact shall continue its work to speed the development, introduction, and scale-up of priority global health interventions. Directs USAID to report annually to Congress on USAID research and development activities.

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Official text

21st Century Global Health Technology Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] · 15 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), André Carson (D-IN), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1515 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113