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US HR629
Resolution
Status
8/1/2025
Primary Sponsor
Janice Schakowsky
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AI Summary
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Resolution honors Dr. Paul Farmer and calls for a "21st-century global health solidarity strategy" to end preventable deaths in developing countries through investments in health workforce training, infrastructure, medical supplies, and health systems
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Proposes increasing U.S. development assistance to 0.7% of gross national income and dedicating $125 billion annually for global health investment to close universal health coverage financing gaps in low- and lower-middle-income countries
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Calls for canceling debt for low- and middle-income countries, democratizing global governance institutions (IMF, World Bank, WTO), and supporting a UN Convention on Tax to reduce illicit financial flows from developing countries
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Cites ongoing global health disparities including approximately 680,000 annual HIV/AIDS deaths, 1.5 million tuberculosis deaths, 627,000 malaria deaths, and 9.56 million deaths among children under 15
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Declares the Federal Government has a duty to issue reparations for slavery, colonialism, and disproportionate responsibility for climate change, referencing H.R. 40 (Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act)
Legislative Description
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.
International affairs
Last Action
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.
8/1/2025