US Congress Senate Bill 1071 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to enter into acquisition, assistance, or financing agreements to address societal, cultural, health, and other barriers that adolescent girls face in accessing quality secondary education. The USAID shall seek to ensure that such activities meet various requirements related to monitoring and evaluating outcomes, collecting data, and adhering to gender-equality promotion policies. The Department of State shall periodically update and report to Congress a publicly available U.S. global strategy to empower adolescent girls. The U.S. Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls, issued in March 2016, may serve as the initial version of the strategy. The USAID shall periodically report to Congress on the activities initiated under this bill and efforts to monitor and evaluate such activities.

Keeping Girls in School Act

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-09	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

HB2153 (Same As) 2020-01-30 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1071/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1071/BILLS-116s1071is.pdf