S. 1537: Border Health Security Act of 2015
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S. 1537: Border Health Security Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-06-10 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-06-10 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Border Health Security Act of 2015
Plain summary
Border Health Security Act of 2015 This bill amends the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act to require the commission to cooperate with the Canada-United States Pan-Border Public Health Preparedness Council and to recommend and implement initiatives that solve border health issues. Members of the commission may provide advice or recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or Congress without authorization or a request. HHS must award grants: (1) to address the priorities and recommendations of the commission and council to improve the health of border area residents, and (2) for infectious disease surveillance activities in border areas. Every five years, the commission and the council must each prepare a binational strategic plan that includes priority areas, recommendations to address these priority areas, and an evaluation framework to gauge progress. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response may coordinate with the Department of Homeland Security in establishing a system that alerts clinicians and public health officials to emerging health threats in border areas.
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Border Health Security Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · 2 cosponsors
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Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1537.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s1537 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114