US Congress House Bill 2153 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 88-29)
Status: Engrossed on January 30 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-30 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [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

Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]
Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]
Rep. George Holding [R-NC]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Dan Crenshaw [R-TX]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]
Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Steve Watkins [R-KS]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Lance Gooden [R-TX]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Michael Waltz [R-FL]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. John Curtis [R-UT]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Denver Riggleman [R-VA]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]
Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Cunningham [D-SC]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-30	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2020-01-28	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2020-01-28	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H601-602)
2020-01-28	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H601-605)
2020-01-28	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2153.
2020-01-28	House	Mr. Phillips moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-10-30	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
2019-10-30	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-04-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2019-04-09	House	Introduced in House

SB1071 (Same As) 2019-04-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2153/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2153/BILLS-116hr2153ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2153/BILLS-116hr2153eh.pdf