Who it affects
- Federal government
- People and governments in low- and middle-income countries
- African Americans
In committeeHealth careForeign aidCivil rights
Global health funding and economic policy
H.Res. 629 · Resolution · Introduced Aug. 1, 2025
This bill would express the House’s view that the federal government should expand global health funding and address economic harms affecting people in poorer countries.
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How South Carolina voted
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What it would do
- This resolution states the House’s views without requiring government action.
- It calls for aid spending of 0.7% of gross national income, including $125 billion yearly for global health.
- It urges funding for health workers, facilities, supplies, and services based on developing countries’ priorities.
- It calls for research on neglected diseases and making resulting medical tools available to everyone.
- It urges debt cancellation, international tax changes, global labor standards, and greater developing-country influence in international institutions.
- It calls for federal reparations, including apologies and compensation, for slavery, colonialism, and the United States’ climate harms.
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How South Carolina voted
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Groups that lobbied on it and gave to SC's members
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- Honoring the life of Dr. Paul Farmer by recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to adopt a 21st-century global health solidarity strategy and take actions to address past and ongoing harms that undermine the health and well-being of people around the world.
- Sponsor
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. (D-IL)
- Introduced
- Aug. 1, 2025
- Cosponsors
- 14
- Committees
- House Judiciary Committee; House Foreign Affairs Committee
- Latest action
- Aug. 1, 2025 · Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Official summary from the Congressional Research Service
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