3.0.0 1482 2023-01-15T22:48:26Z 2023-01-15T22:48:26Z House H HR 2003-03-27 108 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2003-03-27T15:03:05Z 2003-10-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2014) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-03-27 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2003-03-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-03-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 14 N R000409 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] DANA ROHRABACHER R CA 46 2003-03-27 True W000119 Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3] ZACH WAMP R TN 3 2003-05-21 False A000014 Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] NEIL ABERCROMBIE D HI 1 2003-06-03 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2003-06-09 False J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2003-06-09 False F000339 Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] BARNEY FRANK D MA 4 2003-06-09 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2003-06-09 False C001036 Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] LOIS CAPPS D CA 23 2003-06-09 False W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 2003-06-11 False M000590 Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21] MICHAEL MCNULTY D NY R. 21 2003-06-11 False M000714 Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD D CA M. 37 2003-06-11 False B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3] CORRINE BROWN D FL 3 2003-06-11 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2003-06-26 False L000480 Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] NITA LOWEY D NY M. 18 2003-07-08 False H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2003-07-08 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 3 2003-07-18 False M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2003-07-25 False L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2003-10-17 False M001149 Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] Michael Michaud D ME H. 2 2003-10-28 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2004-03-04 False International Affairs Afghanistan Agriculture and Food Armed Forces and National Security Arrest Building construction Child health Child welfare Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Comprehensive health care Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Crimes against women Disabled Displaced persons Economic assistance Economic development Economics and Public Finance Education Educational facilities Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Emergency housing Families Food relief Government Operations and Politics Heads of households Health Higher education Housing and Community Development Human rights Immigration International relief Labor and Employment Land mines Law Maternal health services Mental health services Military training Minesweeping Police training Prosecution Prostitution Refugees Repatriation Rural women Secondary education Slavery South Asia Student aid Victims of crimes Vocational and technical education War relief Widows Women Women in government Women's education Women's health Women's organizations Women's rights International Affairs 00 2003-03-27 Introduced in House 2003-11-14T20:11:51Z Access for Afghan Women Act of 2003 - Directs the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish a fund to assist women and girls in Afghanistan in the areas of political and human rights, health care, education, training, security, and shelter.

Requires the funds to support specified activities, including: (1) direct financial and programmatic assistance to the Ministry of Women's Affairs in Afghanistan to promote its strengthening and enable it to fulfill its mandate; (2) direct financial assistance to the National Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan; and (3) construction of women's educational facilities in Afghanistan.

Earmarks a minimum percentage of the economic and humanitarian assistance authorized for Afghanistan for each of FY 2003 though 2005 to be made available for assistance directly to Afghan-led local nongovernmental organizations, including Afghan women-led organizations, with demonstrated experience in delivering services to Afghan women and children to support their programmatic activities and organizational development. Requires an appropriate percentage of such assistance for FY 2006 and each subsequent fiscal year to be made available to such organizations.

Prescribes general requirements with respect to Afghanistan for: (1) its governance; (2) post-conflict stability; (3) training for military and police forces; and (4) relief, resettlement, and repatriation of refugees and internally displaced persons.

]]> Access for Afghan Women Act of 2003 Display Title Access for Afghan Women Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To authorize assistance for women and girls in Afghanistan, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Access for Afghan Women Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-03-27T05:00:00Z 2003-10-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2014) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.