enactment of the Ebola Eradication Act of 2019
Senator Menendez in 2019 called upon his colleagues to support the enactment of the Ebola Eradication Act of 2019 after the Ebola outbreak in Congo (Galford, 2019). The Act required the United States to provide all the necessary resources and tools to confront the epidemic and prevent it from spreading. According to the Senator, the US needs to engage in multi-sectoral, multifaceted international response program to ensure the issue is put under control (Galford, 2019). The Act will ultimately save lives as it will prevent Ebola from reaching the shores of the US as it has done before.
The bill was introduced in Senate in May 2019, and a report related to the law was drafted taking consideration of all the facts associated with the issue. In any case, concerning a bill, the sponsors are expected to get enough support in the Senate to ensure the bill is passed. The bills are then referred to by the concerned committees. For instance, the Ebola Eradication Act of 2019 was introduced to the house and then went through the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The primary step in introducing a bill is to ensure there are enough sponsors to support it when introduced in the house and providing the bill is meant to improve the life of the public. To increase awareness for proposed bills, it is necessary to focus in the common concerns and avoid references to other sponsors as the people might feel the need to defend a position they no longer believe in just because they one’s supported the issue (Moon et al., 2017). Another step is using buzzwords that will generate a specific preprogrammed response from the oppositions. However, it is essential to ensure the integrity of the bill is not affected.