US Congress Senate Bill 1425 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-3-1)
Status: Introduced on July 9 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-07-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7321-7324)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive Act of 2009 or GROWTH Act of 2009 - Targets assistance for women in developing countries with respect to: (1) microenterprises; (2) small and medium enterprises; (3) private property rights and land tenure security; (4) employment access; (5) trade benefits; (6) exchanges with U.S. entrepreneurs; and (7) Millennium Challenge Account assistance. Directs the Secretary of State to establish the Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive (GROWTH) Fund to enhance economic opportunities for very poor, poor, and low-income women in developing countries with a focus on: (1) increasing women-owned enterprise development; (2) increasing property rights for women; (3) increasing women's access to financial services; (4) increasing women in leadership in implementing organizations as well as financial service providers; (5) improving women's employment benefits and conditions; and (6) increasing women's ability to benefit from global trade. Directs the Secretary, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to: (1) provide support for tracking indicators on women's employment, property rights, access to financial services, and enterprise development; and (2) ensure foreign assistance project proposals include capacity building and technical assistance for local, indigenous, nongovernmental, organizations and community-based organizations dedicated to addressing the needs of women and women's organizations.

Global Resources and Opportunities for Women To Thrive Act of 2009

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Roland Burris [D-IL]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]	Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]
Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-07-09		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7321-7324)
2009-07-09		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7408)

HB5191 (Related) 2010-04-29 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1425/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s1425/BILLS-111s1425is.pdf