H.R. 5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.

114th Congress · introduced 2016-04-25 · Health · Latest: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. Lowey. Petition No: 114-5. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/114/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0005.xml">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-04-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. Lowey. Petition No: 114-5. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/114/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0005.xml">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.

Plain summary

This bill provides FY2016 emergency supplemental appropriations to the Departments of State and Health and Human Services (HHS) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Zika virus and other infectious diseases. The bill specifies permissible uses for the funds and designates the funds as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits. The bill provides appropriations to HHS for: the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to permit Project BioShield to be used to support the advanced development and procurement of medical countermeasures to diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or treat harm from any infectious disease that may pose a threat to the public health. (Under current law, Project BioShield supports only countermeasures against specific chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear terrorist threats.) The bill temporarily increases from 55% to 65% the Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage in the territories (Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands). The bill provides appropriations to the Department of State for: the Administration of Foreign Affairs, the U.S. Agency for International Development, Bilateral Economic Assistance, International Security Assistance, and Multilateral Assistance. Unobligated balances of specified funds provided for the Ebola virus may be used to respond to the Zika virus and other infectious diseases.

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Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.

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Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] · 191 cosponsors

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Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Peter Welch (D-VT), Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and 131 more.

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Words on this page, explained (4)

Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr5044.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr5044 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114