H.R. 2241: Global Health Innovation Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-05 · International Affairs · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-05 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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

Global Health Innovation Act of 2015

Plain summary

Global Health Innovation Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to report annually for four years to Congress regarding: the extent to which global health innovations include drugs, diagnostics, devices, vaccines, electronic and mobile health technologies, and related behavior change and service delivery innovations; how innovation has advanced USAID's commitments to achieving an HIV/AIDS-free generation, ending preventable child and maternal deaths, and protecting communities from infectious diseases; how goals are set for health product development in relation to USAID's health-related goals; how USAID is leveraging U.S. investments to achieve greater impact in health innovation, developing and introducing affordable global health products, and increasing health innovations in the development pipeline; how USAID is coordinating with other federal departments and agencies in support of global health product development; and how USAID is coordinating and aligning global health innovation activities between the Global Development Lab, the Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact, and the Bureau for Global Health.

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Global Health Innovation Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] · 21 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2241, Global Health Innovation Act of 2015 (2015-11-24)

Cosponsors on this site

Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Al Green (D-TX), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), William R. Keating (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr2241.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2241 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114