United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2897 (114th)
Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2015
Introduced
25 June 2015
Last action
26 June 2015 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4], Christopher Smith, Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2], BOBBY RUSH, Raúl Grijalva
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on the epidemiology of, impact of, and appropriate funding required to address neglected diseases of poverty, including Chagas disease, cysticercosis, toxocariasis, toxoplasmosis, trichomoniasis, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and other related diseases. The report should provide the information necessary to guide future health policy to evaluate the current state of knowledge concerning such diseases and address the threat of such diseases.
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Timeline
25 June 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 June 2015
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
25 June 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
26 June 2015
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 25 June 2015 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 25 June 2015
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 25 June 2015
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 25 June 2015
Sponsors
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] · D · Sponsor
- Christopher Smith · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-19] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] · D · Sponsor
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] · D · Sponsor
- BOBBY RUSH · D · Sponsor
- Raúl Grijalva · D · Cosponsor
- · hsif00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2897
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2897
- us · 114-hr-2897 · source updated 12 August 2025