Subject Foreign aid and international relief | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | HCR2 | Expresses the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of George Thomas "Mickey" Leland. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-03 |
| US | HCR7 | Recognizes the importance of foreign assistance programs in promoting national security, demonstrating the American people's humanitarian spirit, and improving U.S. credibility in world affairs. Expresses support for providing at least 1% of U.S. gro... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-04 |
| US | HB83 | Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to: (1) develop an energy action plan addressing the energy needs of each of the insular areas (the American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, P... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-04 |
| US | HB37 | Business and Government Operations Improvement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the employer and individual health insurance mandates and the Independent Payment Advisory Board. Gran... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-15 |
| US | HB276 | Prohibits any funds made available after FY2013 to any federal department or agency from being used to provide assistance to Egypt. [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-15 |
| US | SB10 | Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Repeals, but continues for crop year 2013: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE). Establishes the agriculture risk coverage program... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-22 |
| US | SR10 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that all further assistance provided by the United States to Antigua and Barbuda should be suspended until Antigua and Barbuda provide complete redress of specified issues regarding an investigation of the Stanford F... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 |
| US | SB102 | Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) annually estimate the number of illegal border crossings along the southern U.S. land border, and (2) reduce financial assistance to the government of Mexico by a total of $1,000 for each illegal border crossing... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 |
| US | SB120 | Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) education and freedom from discrimination are fundamental human rights, and (2) educational exchanges increase people-to-people ties and promote institutional linkages betwe... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 |
| US | SB119 | Global Democracy Promotion Act - Declares that foreign nongovernmental organizations: (1) shall not be ineligible for assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 solely on the basis of health or medical services (including counseling and refe... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 |
| US | HB215 | Baseball Diplomacy Act - Waives certain foreign assistance and trade and travel prohibitions against Cuba under specified federal law regarding Cuban nationals who: (1) enter the United States on a visa to play organized professional baseball, and (2... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-25 |
| US | HB416 | Egypt Accountability and Democracy Promotion Act - States that U.S. policy shall be to use its foreign assistance for Egypt to advance U.S. national security interests in Egypt, including encouraging the advancement of political, economic, and religi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-25 |
| US | SB164 | Prohibits any direct U.S. assistance to the government of Pakistan unless the President certifies to Congress that: (1) Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released from prison in Pakistan and any criminal charges brought against Dr. Afridi, including treason... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-29 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 8. |
| US | HB69 | Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2013 - Amends the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act to direct the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is ope... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 |
| US | SB207 | Prohibits the U.S. government from allowing the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F-16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or certain other defense articles or services to Egypt until the President certifies to Congress that Egypt has agreed to: (1) ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-31 |
| US | SB201 | Prohibits the U.S. government from licensing, approving, facilitating, or otherwise allowing the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F-16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or other specified defense articles or services to Egypt. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-04 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 10. |
| US | HB528 | Invest in America First Act of 2013 - Prohibits foreign assistance from being provided to a country with a GDP of $1.5 trillion or more. Exempts from such prohibition military, security, or humanitarian assistance. Defines "GDP" as a count... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-06 |
| US | HB571 | Karl Hoerig Foreign Aid Suspension Act - Prohibits assistance to Brazil until the President certifies to Congress that the government of Brazil has removed the prohibition on extradition of Brazilian nationals to other countries. Authorizes the Presi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-06 |
| US | HB662 | Prohibits federal department or agency funds from being used to make assessed or voluntary contributions to, or for, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) or the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| US | HB652 | Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit assistance (other than humanitarian assistance) to a country that follows any of the following activities: (1) engages in state-sanctioned religious persecution of minority religious groups as evi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| US | HR65 | Condemns North Korea for its: (1) violations of multiple United Nations (U.N.) Security Council resolutions, (2) provocations that threaten international peace, and (3) February 12, 2013, test of a nuclear device. Expresses solidarity with the peopl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-15 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| US | HB673 | North Korea Sanctions and Diplomatic Nonrecognition Act of 2013 - Continues diplomatic, economic, and military sanctions against the government of North Korea as a supporter of international terrorism until the President certifies to Congress that No... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-19 |
| US | HR31 | Honors: (1) those who lost their lives due to the tragic earthquake of January 12, 2010; and (2) the sacrifice of the men and women of the government of Haiti, the U.S. government, the United Nations (U.N.), and the international community for their ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-25 |
| US | HR61 | Sympathizes with the families of women and children victimized by sexual and other forms of gender-based violence in Haiti. Urges treatment of the issue of violence against women and children as a priority for U.S. humanitarian and reconstruction ef... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-25 |
| US | HB808 | Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2013 - Establishes a Department of Peacebuilding, which shall be headed by a Secretary of Peacebuilding (Secretary). Sets forth the mission of the Department, including: (1) cultivation of peace as a national polic... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-25 |
| US | HR88 | Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to consider any bill or joint resolution that appropriates foreign assistance for more than one country. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-27 |
| US | HB912 | Restoring Medicaid for Compact of Free Association Migrants Act of 2013 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 to permit coverage under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for citizens of the Freely Associat... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-01 |
| US | SB444 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 - Appropriates funds for FY2013 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M), including for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Fo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 |
| US | SB462 | United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013 - Declares that Israel is a Major Strategic Partner of the United States. Amends the Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012 to extend authority to: (1) make additions to foreign-based ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 |
| US | HCR22 | Authorizes the use of the Capitol rotunda on April 17, 2013, for a ceremony to award the congressional gold medal to Doctor Muhammad Yunus in recognition of his contributions to the fight against global poverty. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 |
| US | SB47 | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) to add or expand definitions of several terms used in such Act, including : (1) "culturally specific services" to mean community-based ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 Became Public Law No: 113-4. |
| US | SB498 | Zimbabwe Sanctions Repeal Act of 2013 - Repeals the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001. (The Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001 prohibits U.S. support through international financial institutions for debt relief an... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| US | SR12 | Mourns the loss of lives as a result of the earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, and the subsequent cholera epidemic. Honors the sacrifice made by the government and civil society of Haiti, the U.S. government, the United Nations (U.N.), and the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1668-1669; text as passed Senate: CR S1668-1669) |
| US | HB1039 | Rescinds $500 million of unobligated amounts of foreign assistance for Egypt. Appropriates $500 million for the Department of Defense (DOD) tuition assistance program for FY2013. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 |
| US | HCR20 | Authorizes the use of the Capitol rotunda on April 17, 2013, for a ceremony to award the congressional gold medal to Professor Muhammad Yunus in recognition of his contributions to the fight against global poverty. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| US | HB1195 | International Conservation Corps Act of 2013 - Directs: (1) the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide grants to qualifying nonprofit organizations to assign and support volunteers to assist foreign countries in the administratio... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 |
| US | HB1238 | True Cost of War Act of 2013 - Directs the President, with contributions from the Secretary of Defense (DOD), the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), to provide Congress with an estimate of the long-term costs of Operation... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 |
| US | HB1253 | Sequester Pakistan Act - Prohibits foreign assistance for Pakistan until expenditures for the Department of Defense (DOD) military tuition assistance program for FY2013 are at least equal to FY2012 program expenditures. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| US | SB617 | Syria Democratic Transition Act of 2013 - Authorizes the President to furnish assistance in order to: (1) provide support for humanitarian activities taking place in and outside Syria; (2) support efforts for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| US | HB1302 | Prohibits military credit assistance to Egypt under the Arms Export Control Act with respect to funds made available to any federal department or agency beginning with FY2014. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| US | HR135 | Reaffirms the important role of frontline health workers in saving lives and fostering a healthier and more secure world. Commends the progress made by the United States in helping to build local capacity and to save lives in the world's most vulner... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| US | HB1337 | Palestinian Accountability Act - Prohibits any U.S. government document from referring to the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority (PA) as Palestine until the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that the PA: (1) does not inappropriately... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| US | HR133 | Supports the goals of World Tuberculosis Day. Commends the progress made by U.S.-led anti-tuberculosis programs. Reaffirms the commitment of the House of Representatives to global tuberculosis control made through the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | SCR8 | Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2013, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2015-FY2023. Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2013-FY... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-23 |
| US | HB933 | Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 - Division A: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates FY2013 funds for th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-26 Became Public Law No: 113-6. |
| US | HB898 | Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of State to: (1) limit the validity of a passport issued to a sex offender to one year or such time period as appropriate, and (2) revoke the passport or passport c... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB893 | Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Accountability Act of 2013 - Directs the President to impose sanctions for not less that two years on any foreign person who on or after September 1, 2007, transferred to or acquired from Iran, Syria, or ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB1329 | Marine Turtle Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 to provide for its applicability to the United States (currently, the Act applies to foreign countries). Authorizes appropriations to the Mari... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 |
| US | SB712 | Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act of 2013 - Allows the holder or successor of an acceleration certificate issued pursuant to the Patents for Humanity Program (a pilot awards program established by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [USPT... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 |
| US | SB718 | Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2013 - Directs the President to establish a comprehensive U.S. strategy for public and private investment, trade, and development in Africa (including the Republic of South Sudan) that... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 |
