CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION RELATING TO MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
WA Senators and Puget Sound Area Representatives – Sponsors , Cosponsors, and Votes
H.R. 1302: Global Poverty Act of 2007
To require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day.
Sponsor: Smith(D-WA)
Cosponsors (84): Dicks, Inslee, Larsen, McDermott, Reichert Baird, McMorris-Rodgers.
Status: Introduced 3/1/07, passed House 9/25/07 voice vote, referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate version: S. 2433 [Sponsor: Obama (D-IL); Cosponsors (30): Cantwell, Murray] Reported 4/24/08 by Foreign Relations Committee and placed on legislative calendar (No. 718)
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Analysis of the Global Poverty Act
Bread for the World has developed a summary and a fact sheet for the Global Poverty Act, legislation that attempts to guage the effectiveness of US aid programs as measured against the MDGs.
What is the Global Poverty Act?
http://www.bread.org/take-action/ol2008/global-poverty-act.html
The Truth About the Global Poverty Act
http://www.bread.org/take-action/ol2008/gpa-fact-sheet.pdf
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H. Res. 1268: Foreign Air Reform Request (State Dept. Reform)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States foreign assistance is a critical instrument for achieving our national security goals and that modernizing United States foreign assistance should become a national priority.
Sponsor: McCollum (D-MN)
Cosponsors (27): Smith
Status: 6/11/2008 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
H. R. 1420: Microbicide Development Act
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to facilitating the development of microbicides for preventing transmission of HIV/AIDS and other diseases, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Schakowsky (D-IL)
Cosponsors (80): Baird, Inslee, Larsen, McDermott, Smith
Status: Introduced 3/9/07, referred to Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health
Senate version: S. 823 [Sponsor: Obama (D-IL); Cosponsors (18): Cantwell, Murray] 3/9/2007 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
H.R. 1532: Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Green (D-TX)
Cosponsors (58): Larsen, McDermott, Smith
Status: Introduced 3/16/07, referred to Subcommittee on Health
Senate version: S. 1551 [Sponsor: Brown (D-OH); Cosponsors (15); Cantwell, Murray] By Senator Kennedy from Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions filed written report.
H. R. 1567: Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide increased assistance for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Engel (D-NY)
Cosponsors (106): Baird, Inslee, Larsen, McDermott, Smith, Reichert
Status: 11/6/2007 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders.
Senate version: S. 968 [Sponsor: Boxer (D-CA); Cosponsors (14): Cantwell, Murray] Reported 11/6/2007 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders.
H.R. 2092: Education for All Act of 2007
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality basic education and to establish the achievement of universal basic education in all developing countries as an objective of United States foreign assistance policy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Lowey (D-NY)
Cosponsors (89): McDermott, Smith, Larsen
Status: Introduced 5/1/07, referred to Committee on Foreign Affairs
Senate version: S. 1259 [Sponsor: Clinton (D-NY); Cosponsors (12): Murray] 5/1/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
H. R. 2266: United States Commitment to Global Child Survival Act of 2007
To provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: McCollum (D-MN)
Cosponsors (102): Larsen, McDermott, Reichert
Status: Introduced 5/10/07, referred to Committee on Foreign Affairs
Senate version: S. 1418 [Sponsor: Dodd (D-CT); Cosponsors (23): Cantwell, Murray] Reported 4/9/08 by Committee on Foreign Relations and placed on legislative calendar (No. 633)
H. R. 2634: Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation
To provide for greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts owed to the United States and the international financial institutions by low-income countries, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Waters (D-CA)
Cosponsors (104): McDermott
Status: Introduced 6/7/07, referred to Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, House Committee on Financial Services; hearings held; passed House 285-132-15 on 4/16/08 (Ayes: Baird, Dicks, Inslee, McDermott, Reichert, Smith); referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate version: S. 2166 [Sponsor: Casey (D-PA), Cosponsors (26)] 8/1/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders.
H.R. 2965: Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive Act of 2007 (Growth Act of 2007)
To increase the United States financial and programmatic contributions to promote economic opportunities for women in developing countries.
Sponsor: Lowey (D-NY)
Cosponsors (66): McDermott, Smith, McMorris-Rodgers
Status: Introduced 7/10/07 and referred to Committee on Foreign Affairs
Senate version: S. 2069 [sponsor: Durbin (D-IL); Cosponsors (14)] Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
H.R. 3905: New Partnership for Development Act of 2007
To provide for an additional trade preference program for least developed countries, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: McDermott
Cosponsors (24): Smith
Status: Introduced 10/18/07; referred 3/25/08 to Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology
H.R. 5059: To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act with respect to lesser developed countries.
Repeals the Abundant Supply Provivion of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which has significantly curtailed the manufacture and export of clothing from several African nations. See H.R. 6560.
Sponsor: McDermott
Status: Introduced 1/28/2008 and referred to House Subcommittee on Trade.
H.R. 5501: Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief –PEPFAR)
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Berman [D-CA]
Cosponsors (5)
Status: Introduced 2/27/08; Passed House 4/2/08, 308 Yea – 116 Nay; passed Senate 7/16/08 with amendment, 80 Yea – 16 Nay (Cantwell, Murray both Yea); amended bill agreed to 7/24/08 303 Yea - 115 Nay (all Puget Sound representatives voted Yea). Signed by President 7/30/08 and became Public Law No: 110-293.
Senate version: S. 2731 [Sponsor: Biden; Co-sponsors (13)] Introduced 3/7/08; reported by Committee on Foreign Relations 4/15/08
H.R. 6560: To establish an earned import allowance program under Public Law 109-53, and for other purposes.
As a result of House action, Sec. 2 incorporates H.R. 5059, to repeal the Abundant Supply Provivion of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which has significantly curtailed the manufacture and export of clothing from several African nations.
Sponsor: Rangel (D-NY)
Status: Passed House 7/30/2008 and referred to Senate Committee on Finance
H. Res. 241: Urging multilateral financial institutions to cancel completely and immediately Haiti's debts to such institutions, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Waters (D-CA)
Cosponsors (68): McDermott
Status: Introduced 3/13/07 and referred to House Committee on Financial Services
S. 652: Tariff Relief Assistance for Developing Economies Act of 2007 or TRADE Act of 2007
To extend certain trade preferences to certain least-developed countries, and for other purposes.
Authorizes the President to designate Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Maldives, Nepal, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yemen, and Sri Lanka or their successor political entities (TRADE Act of 2007 countries) as beneficiary TRADE Act of 2007 countries eligible to receive duty-free treatment for certain articles that are the growth, product, or manufacture of such countries, if after receiving the advice of the International Trade Commission (ITC) the President determines that such articles are not import-sensitive in the context of imports from such countries. Conditions such designation upon eligibility requirements of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the Trade Act of 1974.
Sponsor: Smith (R-OR)
Cosponsors (5): Cantwell
Status: 2/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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The above bills are summarized in the attached table. See below.
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Current versions of bills introduced in the 110th Congress: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/bills/index.html
Status of bills: http://thomas.loc.gov/
Record of key votes: http://www.rollcallvotes.com/
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House members committee assignments and contact information: http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/index.html
Senate members committee assignments: http://www.senate.gov/general/committee_assignments/assignments.htm
Senate members contact information: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State...
League of Women Voters of Seattle Citizen's Guide to Elected Officials: http://www.seattlelwv.org/sites/default/files/TRY_2008web.pdf
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Revised 10-20-08
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