US Congress Senate Bill 3477 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-3)
Status: Introduced on August 1 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-08-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) implementation of the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (NAP) is paramount in improving the lives of women around the world and increasing global stability and prosperity; (2) Congress supports the goals and ideals of NAP; and (3) the President should designate a person on the staff of the National Security Council (NSC) to be responsible for promoting NAP. States that: (1) it is U.S. policy to implement NAP; (2) the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) should integrate gender into diplomatic and strategic and planning processes; and (3) federal agencies shall ensure that the tenets of NAP are incorporated into programs for conflict prevention, humanitarian and disaster response, peacekeeping, and democracy promotion. Urges the Secretary, the Administrator, the Secretary of Defense (DOD), and representatives of other federal agencies to: (1) implement NAP and ensure relevant personnel training; and (2) facilitate partner government efforts to improve women's inclusion in peace and security processes, conflict prevention, peace-building and decision-making institutions in conflict-affected environments.

Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2012

Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Scott Brown [R-MA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-08-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2012-08-01	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5882)

HB6255 (Related) 2012-08-01 - Referred to House Armed Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/3477/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s3477/BILLS-112s3477is.pdf