US Congress Senate Bill 311 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1-1)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-01-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Global Democracy Promotion Act - Declares that foreign nongovernmental organizations: (1) shall not be ineligible for assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 solely on the basis of health or medical services (including counseling and referral services) provided by them with non-U.S. government funds if such services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided, and would not violate U.S. federal law if provided in the United States; and (2) shall not be subject to requirements relating to the use of non-U.S. government funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than those that apply to U.S. nongovernmental organizations receiving such assistance.

Global Democracy Promotion Act

Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Roland Burris [D-IL]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-01-22		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

HB4879 (Related) 2010-03-18 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/311/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s311/BILLS-111s311is.pdf