A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide increased assistance for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis, and for other purposes.
Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the President to furnish assistance for tuberculosis (TB) prevention, treatment, and elimination.(Current law authorizes such assistance.)
Gives priority to activities described in the Stop TB Strategy (as defined by this Act). Revises related fund use provisions.
Authorizes the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide increased resources to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership to improve the capacity of countries with high TB rates and other affected countries to implement the Stop TB Strategy and specific strategies related to addressing drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).
Authorizes: (1) FY2008-FY2009 appropriations for the President to carry activities to combat tuberculosis; and (2) set-asides from such amounts for global tuberculosis activities by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 472.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3615)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden under authority of the order of the Senate of 10/04/2007 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-193.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden under authority of the order of the Senate of 10/04/2007 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-193.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 415.
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