United States-Taiwan Public Health Protection Act
Summary
United States-Taiwan Public Health Protection Act This bill requires the Department of State to establish an Infectious Disease Monitoring Center within the American Institute in Taipei, Taiwan. (The U.S.-Taiwan relationship is unofficial, and the American Institute in Taiwan office in Taipei performs many of the same functions as an embassy.) The center must seek to partner with the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control to monitor infectious diseases in the region, including by regularly monitoring, analyzing, and disseminating open-source material, such as viral strains and other pathogens, from countries in the region.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2021
Committee Review
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Introduced Nov 4, 2021
Last action Feb 22, 2022
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Committee
2
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
lower
Nov 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
lower
Nov 4, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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