U.S. President Barack Obama would get $5.4 billion to battle Ebola in domestic and international fronts. The funds would actually go to the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, Agriculture and State.

The allocation is part of the proposed U.S. federal budget of $1.1 trillion, contained in the 1,603-page omnibus spending bill under the leadership of House Speaker John Boehner, reports Breitart.com.

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The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the measure on Thursday. The News Tribune says the spending bill has been called "Cromnibus" since it mixes a continuing resolution that extends 2013's spending with an omnibus package made up of 11 out of 12 spending bills. These combined measures are expected to fund federal agencies and government programs when the current budget expires.

Congress announced on Tuesday night the spending compromise, which the White House appears to favour, although it hasn't stated if the president would sign it.

Besides the Ebola fund, the bill allocates $64 billion to battle the Islamic State and finance U.S. military operation in Iraq and Afghanistan and $465 million to help Eastern European nations stop Russian aggression in the region.

Efforts to battle Ebola domestically would be concentrated on prohibiting travelers from Ebola-hit countries from entering the U.S. and not allowing U.S. nationals to travel to these nations.

According to the World Health Organization, patient zero was a 2-year-old child in Guinea named Emile who died on December 28, 2013. Emile infected his sister, who infected her mother and grandmother and a family friend in Sierra Leone. The child is believed to have acquired the virus by eating infected monkey, antelope or squirrel meat, reports CNN.

Since then, the disease has spread to several nations in West Africa and as far as Spain and the United States due to international travel. Ebola has claimed to date more than 6,000 lives.

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