HR 3778 United States House · 117th Congress

Nullifying Opportunities for Variants to Infect and Decimate Act

Summary

Nullifying Opportunities for Variants to Infect and Decimate Act or the NOVID Act This bill establishes the Pandemic Preparedness and Response Program to coordinate and carry out the U.S. government's global health response to COVID-19, its variants, and other pathogens with pandemic potential. As part of the program, the bill requires, within 30 days, the development of a comprehensive strategy to end the COVID-19 pandemic. The strategy must outline efforts to increase COVID-19 vaccinations worldwide, including through the immediate release of the COVID-19 vaccine doses that the United States committed to sending abroad. The bill also requires a long-term strategy for the program to prevent future pandemics.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2021

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Introduced Jun 8, 2021 Last action Jun 9, 2021

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Jun 9, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Jun 8, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

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Jun 8, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

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1 primary · 43 co-sponsors