US Congress House Bill 2139 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 105-23)
Status: Introduced on April 28 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-28 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform Act of 2009 - Directs the President to develop and implement: (1) a National Strategy for Global Development to further the U.S. foreign policy objective of reducing poverty and contributing to economic growth in developing countries, including responding to humanitarian crises; and (2) a system to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of U.S. foreign assistance. Expresses the sense of Congress that American taxpayers and foreign assistance recipients should have, to the maximum extent practicable, full access to U.S. foreign assistance information.

Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform Act of 2009

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Christopher Carney [D-PA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Geoff Davis [R-KY]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R-MI]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]
Rep. Jane Harman [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Hodes [D-NH]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Bob Inglis [R-SC]	Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]
Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Michael McMahon [D-NY]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]
Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Walter Minnick [D-ID]	Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]
Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Thomas Perriello [D-VA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Denny Rehberg [R-MT]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]
Rep. John Shadegg [R-AZ]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Vic Snyder [D-AR]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]
Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-28		Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2009-04-28		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1002)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2139/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2139/BILLS-111hr2139ih.pdf