US Congress House Bill 2030 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 90-10)
Status: Introduced on April 22 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-22 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2009 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish the Office of Water within the Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade to: (1) give assistance to provide safe water and sanitation for people worldwide; and (2) be headed by a Director for Safe Water and Sanitation. Outlines the Director's duties. Requires the Secretary of State, in order to increase the capacity of the Department of State to address international issues regarding safe water, sanitation, integrated river basin management, and other international water programs, to establish a Special Coordinator for International Water. Outlines the Special Coordinator's duties. Amends the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 to: (1) revise requirements concerning the safe water and sanitation strategy; (2) provide for the establishment of a program to build the capacity of host country institutions and officials responsible for water and sanitation in countries that receive assistance to provide safe water and sanitation under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (3) expand the list of activities that may be supported by assistance furnished by the President for programs in developing countries to provide affordable and equitable access to safe water and sanitation; and (4) require the report regarding water for peace and security to include an assessment of political tensions over water sources and a multidisciplinary assessment of the expected impacts of global climate change on water supplies in 10, 25, and 50 years.

Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2009

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Artur Davis [D-AL]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Steve Driehaus [D-OH]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Deborah Halvorson [D-IL]	Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]	Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D-MI]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. John Linder [R-GA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Charlie Melancon [D-LA]	Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]
Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]	Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-22		Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2009-04-22		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E936)

SB624 (Same As) 2010-09-22 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2030/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2030/BILLS-111hr2030ih.pdf