US Congress House Bill 2100 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-18)
Status: Introduced on April 29 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-05-21 - Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Girls Count Act of 2015 Authorizes the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development to: (1) support programs that will contribute to improved civil registration and vital statistics systems with a focus on birth registration; and (2) support programs that build the capacity of developing countries' national and local legal and policy frameworks to prevent discrimination against girls in gaining passport access and help increase property rights, social security, land tenure, economic opportunities, and inheritance rights for women. Authorizes the Secretary and the Administrator to cooperate with multilateral organizations and private sector and civil society organizations to promote such programs.

Girls Count Act of 2015

Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-21	House	Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
2015-05-21	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-04-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2015-04-29	House	Introduced in House

SB802 (Related) 2015-06-12 - Became Public Law No: 114-24. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2100/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2100/BILLS-114hr2100ih.pdf