US Congress House Bill 5517 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-0)
Status: Engrossed on December 7 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-07 - 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]

Establishes (1) a professional exchange program between the United States and India with a focus on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi, (2) a development training initiative based on principles of nonviolence, and (3) a foundation to address development priorities in India. Specifically, the bill establishes a professional exchange program comprised of both an annual educational forum for scholars from the United States and India, as well as an undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate student exchange for students in the United States and India. The bill also establishes a professional development training initiative on conflict resolution tools based on the principles of nonviolence. Further, the bill establishes the United States-India Gandhi-King Development Foundation to identify development priorities in India (e.g., pollution and climate change, education, and tuberculosis) and administer competitively awarded grants to nongovernmental entities to address those priorities.

Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act

Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-07	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2020-12-03	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2020-12-03	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6079-6081)
2020-12-03	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5517.
2020-12-03	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6079-6082)
2020-12-03	House	Mr. Engel moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2020-07-29	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2020-07-29	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2020-01-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation.
2019-12-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2019-12-19	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5517/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5517/BILLS-116hr5517ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5517/BILLS-116hr5517eh.pdf