,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #d1 #bjai,ms4  
,bass introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
authorize activities to combat the      
,ebola outbreak in the ,democratic      
,republic of the ,congo1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,ebola ,eradication 
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,findings ,congress 
makes the following findings3  7#a7 ,the
 current ,ebola outbreak in the         
,democratic ,republic of the ,congo1    
which began in ,august #bjah in eastern 
,congo1 is the second largest in history
 and has a reported #a1ggh confirmed    
total cases1 and #a1aec confirmed       
deaths4  7#b7 ,despite the use of       
preventive tools and new therapeutics1  
insecurity and community resistance to  
response efforts remain major obstacles 
to ending the current ,ebola outbreak in
 the ,democratic ,republic of the       

,congo1 and the outbreak continues to   
spread4  7#c7 ,hospitals1 health        
clinics1 and ,ebola clinics have been   
repeatedly attacked by armed actors4    
7#d7 ,on ,february #bh1 #bjai1 ,doctors 
,without ,borders suspended its work in 
,ebola epicenters after two treatment   
centers were attacked4  7#e7 ,on ,april 
#ai1 #bjai1 ,dr4 ,richard ,valery       
,mouzoko ,kiboung1 an epidemiologist    
from ,cameroon deployed by the ,world   
,health ,organization to eastern ,congo 
to help stop the outbreak1 was killed in
 an attack on ,butembo ,university      
,hospital4  7#f7 ,healthcare workers    
responding to ,ebola have expressed     
concerns about their ability to continue
 working on the response given the      
complex security situation4  7#g7 ,if   
the outbreak is not brought under       
control1 it risks spreading across the  
border to neighboring countries and     
endangering millions of people4  7#h7   
,the ,administration released a         
,november #bi1 #bjah1 ,presidential     

,memorandum implementing aid            
restrictions to most countries on ,tier 
,,iii of the #bjah ,trafficking ,in     
,persons 7,,tip7 report that fully      
restricted non-humanitarian1 non-trade  
related aid to the ,democratic ,republic
 of the ,congo4  7#i7 ,paragraphs 7#d7  
and 7#e7 of section #aaj7;d7 of the     
,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act  
of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajg7;d77#d77  
authorize the continuation of assistance
 in ,tier ,,iii countries if such       
assistance is determined to be in the   
national interest of the ,united        
,states4  7#aj7 ,section                
#aaj7;d77#e77;,b7 of the ,trafficking   
,victims ,protection ,act of #bjjj 7#bb 
,u4,s4,c4 #gajg7;d77#e77;,b77 states1   
,the ,president shall exercise the      
waiver authority under paragraph 7#d7   
when necessary to avoid significant     
adverse effects on vulnerable           
populations1 including women and        
children44  7#aa7 ,the ,president has   
not exercised the waiver authority      

provided for in section                 
#aaj7;d77#e77;,b7 of the ,trafficking in
 ,victims ,protection ,act of #bjjj in  
relation to health1 education1 or       
community outreach activities essential 
to the success of the ,ebola response in
 the ,democratic ,republic of the       
,congo4  7#ab7 ,it is in the national   
interest of the ,united ,states to help 
control and end the current ,ebola      
outbreak in the ,democratic ,republic of
 the ,congo before it spreads4  #c4     
,authorization to address the ,ebola    
outbreak in the ,democratic ,republic of
 the ,congo  7a7 ,in general            
,notwithstanding section #aaj of the    
,trafficking ,victims ,protection ,act  
of #bjjj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #gajg71 the     
,administrator of the ,united ,states   
,agency for ,international ,development 
shall immediately provide assistance1   
including multi-sectoral1               
non-humanitarian1 and non-trade related 
foreign assistance1 to the ,democratic  
,republic of the ,congo and other       

vulnerable countries to effectively     
combat the ,ebola outbreak that began in
 ,august #bjah4 ,subject to the         
availability of appropriations1 such    
assistance shall be provided at levels  
commensurate with both the threat posed 
by the ,ebola outbreak and an effective 
response4 ,activities to expand and     
improve access to communities heavily   
affected by the ,ebola outbreak should  
be prioritized under this section4  7b7 
,report to ,congress ,not later than #cj
 days after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,administrator of the   
,united ,states ,agency for             
,international ,development shall submit
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations of the ,senate and the       
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the  
,house of ,representatives a report--   
7#a7 describing the actions the         
,administrator has taken and plans to   
take under section #c7;a7 to end the    
,ebola outbreak in eastern ,democratic  
,republic of the ,congo2 and  7#b7      

proposing any additional legal          
authorities required to improve the     
response to the ,ebola outbreak in      
eastern ,democratic ,republic of the    
,congo4