US Congress House Bill 6626 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-6)
Status: Introduced on April 24 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
Pending: House Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to jointly report to Congress a strategy to strengthen the participation of adolescents, particularly girls, in democracy, human rights, and governance. The State Department and the USAID shall (1) implement activities to achieve this goal, including activities to increase adolescent girls' civic and political knowledge and skills and address barriers to political participation; and (2) prioritize foreign assistance funding for democracy, human rights, and governance programs toward achieving the goals in this bill.

Girls LEAD Act Girls' Leadership, Engagement, Agency, and Development Act of 2019

Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]
Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Troy Balderson [R-OH]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
2020-04-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2020-04-24	House	Introduced in House

SB2766 (Same As) 2019-10-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6338)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6626/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6626/BILLS-116hr6626ih.pdf