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H.R. 391: Global Health Security Act of 2021

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H.R. 391: Global Health Security Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-21 · 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 2021-01-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 188 (2021): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR391 (2021-06-28), 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Global Health Security Act of 2021

Plain summary

Global Health Security Act of 2021 This bill directs the United States to implement a strategy to strengthen global health security, including by requiring the President to create the Global Health Security Agenda Interagency Review Council to implement the Global Health Security Agenda. The agenda is an initiative launched by nearly 30 nations to address global infectious disease threats. The council's responsibilities include (1) providing policy recommendations on agenda-related goals, objectives, implementation, and other international efforts to strengthen pandemic preparedness and response; (2) helping federal agencies with implementation; and (3) reviewing the progress and challenges in achieving U.S. commitments, including assistance to help other countries meet agenda targets. The bill also directs the federal agencies involved with the agenda to prioritize its implementation and to take certain steps to achieve that goal. The President shall coordinate a strategy for responding to global health security emergencies and submit a report on the implementation of this strategy. Additionally, the Department of State should seek to enter into negotiations with donors, relevant United Nations agencies, and other multilateral stakeholders to establish a Fund for Global Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness that (1) closes gaps in global health security and pandemic preparedness; and (2) builds capacity in eligible partner countries related to global health security, infectious disease control, and pandemic preparedness. The fund should provide grants, technical assistance, and innovative funding mechanisms to achieve its purposes.

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Official text

Global Health Security Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · 77 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 391, Global Health Security Act of 2021 (2021-05-11)

Cosponsors on this site

Ann Wagner (R-MO), Ami Bera (D-CA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Jim Costa (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA) and 17 more.

Recorded votes

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Ballot initiative
A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
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).
Securities
Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr391 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117