US Congress House Bill 2103 (Prior Session Legislation)

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April 27 2009 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2009 - Authorizes the President to provide assistance, including through multilateral, nongovernmental, and faith-based organizations, to prevent child marriage in developing countries and to promote the educational, health, economic, social, and legal empowerment of girls and women. Sets forth priority assistance criteria. Directs the President, through the Secretary of State, to establish a multi-year strategy to prevent child marriage in developing countries and to promote the empowerment of girls at risk of child marriage. Sets forth strategy elements. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that Department of State country reports on human rights practices include a description of the status of child marriage for countries with specified rates of child marriage. Defines "child marriage" as the marriage of a girl or boy not yet the minimum age for marriage stipulated in law in the country in which the girl or boy is a resident.

International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2009

Rep Kildee, Dale E.	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes	Rep Olver, John W.	Rep Pastor, Ed
Rep Payne, Donald M.	Rep Perriello, Thomas S.P.	Rep Pingree, Chellie	Rep Price, David E.
Rep Richardson, Laura	Rep Ryan, Tim	Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y.	Rep Sestak, Joe
Rep Shea-Porter, Carol	Rep Moran, James P.	Rep Moore, Gwen	Rep Larsen, Rick
Rep Lee, Barbara	Rep Lewis, John	Rep Lofgren, Zoe	Rep Lynch, Stephen F.
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.	Rep Marshall, Jim	Rep McCollum, Betty	Rep McDermott, Jim
Rep Michaud, Michael H.	Rep Miller, Brad	Rep Moore, Dennis	Rep Sires, Albio
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh	Rep Crowley, Joseph	Rep Etheridge, Bob	Rep Latham, Tom
Rep LaTourette, Steven C.	Rep Poe, Ted	Rep Quigley, Mike	Rep Salazar, John T.
Rep Schock, Aaron	Rep Terry, Lee	Rep Upton, Fred	Rep Kirk, Mark Steven
Rep Delahunt, Bill	Rep Napolitano, Grace F.	Rep Smith, Adam	Rep Tauscher, Ellen O.
Rep Van Hollen, Chris	Rep Walz, Timothy J.	Rep Watson, Diane E.	Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.
Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr.	Rep McGovern, James P.	Rep Platts, Todd Russell	Rep Ehlers, Vernon J.
Rep Crenshaw, Ander	Rep Granger, Kay	Rep Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie	Rep Deutch, Theodore E.
Rep Kaptur, Marcy	Rep Frank, Barney	Rep Maffei, Daniel B.	Rep Markey, Edward J.
Rep Massa, Eric J. J.	Rep McNerney, Jerry	Rep Murphy, Christopher S.	Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.
Rep Sherman, Brad	Rep Stark, Fortney Pete	Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie	Rep Weiner, Anthony D.
Rep Ackerman, Gary L.	Rep Baldwin, Tammy	Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr.	Rep Eshoo, Anna G.
Rep Gordon, Bart	Rep Miller, George	Rep Oberstar, James L.	Rep Rangel, Charles B.
Rep Spratt, John M., Jr.	Rep Towns, Edolphus	Rep Velazquez, Nydia M.	Rep Waxman, Henry A.
Rep Barrow, John	Rep Capps, Lois	Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry"	Rep DeGette, Diana
Rep Blumenauer, Earl	Rep Brady, Robert A.	Rep Filner, Bob	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.
Rep Hall, John J.	Rep Hare, Phil	Rep Hastings, Alcee L.	Rep Himes, James A.
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.	Rep Hirono, Mazie K.	Rep Holt, Rush D.	Rep Honda, Michael M.
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.	Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila	Rep Farr, Sam	Rep Ellison, Keith
Rep Brown, Corrine	Rep Capuano, Michael E.	Rep Carnahan, Russ	Rep Carson, Andre
Rep Cohen, Steve	Rep Conyers, John, Jr.	Rep Cummings, Elijah E.	Rep Davis, Danny K.
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L.	Rep Doggett, Lloyd	Rep Doyle, Michael F.	Rep Edwards, Donna F.
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-27		Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

HB2410 (Related) 2009-06-22 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
HB2475 (Related) 2009-05-19 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
SB987 (Related) 2010-12-16 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 241 - 166 (Roll no. 645).
HB6521 (Related) 2010-12-14 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN02103:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr2103ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr2103ih.pdf