US Congress House Bill 2103 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 102-11)
Status: Introduced on April 27 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-27 - 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. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R-MI]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Bob Etheridge [D-NC]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Bart Gordon [D-TN]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. John Hall [D-NY]
Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D-SD]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
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. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Jim Marshall [D-GA]	Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]
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]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. James Oberstar [D-MN]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Thomas Perriello [D-VA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	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. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. John Salazar [D-CO]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. John Spratt [D-SC]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D-CA]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

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	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2103/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2103/BILLS-111hr2103ih.pdf