This bill requires the U.S. Agency for International Development to submit a report to Congress on the cumulative progress towards a 90% reduction in malaria by 2030.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2854 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2854
To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development to submit a report on progress relating to
malaria reduction, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 25, 2023
Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Hill, and Ms.
Wild) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development to submit a report on progress relating to
malaria reduction, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) April 25 of each year is recognized internationally as
``World Malaria Day''.
(2) Malaria is a leading cause of death and disease in many
developing countries, with nearly half of all cases globally
occurring in only 4 countries, despite being preventable and
treatable.
(3) At the end of 2021, there were an estimated 247,000,000
malaria cases in 84 endemic countries and 619,000 deaths from
malaria.
(4) Between 2019 and 2021, an estimated additional
13,400,000 cases and 63,000 deaths were attributed to
disruptions during that period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(5) Young children and pregnant women are particularly
vulnerable to, and disproportionately affected by, malaria,
with children under the age of 5 accounting for 76 percent of
malaria deaths each year.
(6) Malaria was once a leading cause of death in the United
States.
(7) Fighting malaria is in the national interest of the
United States because reducing the risk of malaria protects
members of the Armed Forces and other people of the United
States serving overseas in malaria-endemic regions, and
reducing malaria deaths helps to lower risks of instability in
less developed countries.
(8) United States support for efforts to fight malaria--
(A) is in the diplomatic and moral interests of the
United States;
(B) generates goodwill toward the United States;
and
(C) highlights the values of the people of the
United States through the work of governmental,
nongovernmental, and faith-based organizations of the
United States.
(9) Global investments made in malaria intervention
programs have averted an estimated 2,000,000,000 malaria cases
and 11,700,000 malaria deaths between 2000 and 2021.
(10) The United States Government has played a leading role
in the recent progress made toward reducing the global burden
of malaria, particularly through the President's Malaria
Initiative and the contribution of the United States to the
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
(11) In fiscal year 2021, the President's Malaria
Initiative protected nearly 100,000,000 people with
insecticide-treated bed nets, more than 21,000,000 people with
indoor insecticide spraying, more than 8,000,000 children with
seasonal preventive treatments, and more than 5,000,000 women
with preventive treatments in pregnancy.
(12) The United States is the largest donor to the Global
Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and every $1
contributed by the United States leverages an additional $2
from other donors, as required by law.
(13) The United States Government is pursuing a
comprehensive approach to ending malaria deaths through the
President's Malaria Initiative, led by the Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development and
implemented with assistance from the Director of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the
National Institutes of Health, the Secretary of Defense, and
private sector entities.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress to--
(1) support the goals and ideals of ``World Malaria Day'';
(2) recognize the importance of reducing malaria prevalence
and deaths to improve overall child and maternal health in all
endemic regions, especially in sub-Saharan Africa;
(3) commend the recent progress made toward reducing global
malaria morbidity, mortality, and prevalence, particularly
through the efforts of the President's Malaria Initiative and
the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria;
(4) commend the efforts and achievements in preventing and
treating malaria by endemic countries through the national
malaria control programs of such countries;
(5) welcome ongoing public-private partnerships to research
and develop more effective and affordable tools for malaria
prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and vaccination;
(6) recognize the goals, priorities, and authorities to
combat malaria set forth in the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde
United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis,
and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-293;
122 Stat. 2918);
(7) support efforts to reduce malaria case incidence and
malaria mortality rates by at least 90 percent by 2030;
(8) support continued leadership by the United States in
bilateral, multilateral, and private sector efforts to combat
malaria and to work with developing countries to create long-
term strategies to increase ownership over malaria programs;
and
(9) encourage other members of the international community
to sustain and increase their support for, and financial
contributions to, efforts to combat malaria worldwide.
SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development shall submit to Congress a report on the cumulative
progress toward 90 percent malaria reduction by 2030, including by
providing incidence and mortality rates of malaria.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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