3.0.0 5480 2023-01-13T04:48:25Z 2023-01-13T04:48:25Z House H HR 2006-05-25 109 hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-05-25T14:01:40Z hssm00 Small Business Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-05-25T14:01:35Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-05-25T14:01:30Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-05-25T14:01:25Z 2006-05-25 Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Small Business, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2006-05-25 Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Small Business, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssm00 Small Business Committee 2006-05-25 Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Small Business, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2006-05-25 Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Small Business, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-25 Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Small Business, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2006-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 N L000090 Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] TOM LANTOS D CA 12 2006-05-25 True R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 15 2006-05-25 True P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2006-05-25 True E000187 Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] PHIL ENGLISH R PA 3 2006-05-25 True M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2006-05-25 True J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 2006-05-25 True B000410 Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] HOWARD BERMAN D CA L. 28 2006-05-25 True D000399 Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25] LLOYD DOGGETT D TX 25 2006-05-25 True M000714 Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD D CA M. 37 2006-05-25 True M001137 Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6] GREGORY MEEKS D NY W. 6 2006-05-25 True M000590 Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21] MICHAEL MCNULTY D NY R. 21 2006-05-25 True M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 3 2006-05-25 True B001245 Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] Madeleine Bordallo D GU Z. 0 2006-05-25 True W000794 Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33] Diane Watson D CA E. 33 2006-05-25 True B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3] CORRINE BROWN D FL 3 2006-05-25 True J000126 Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] EDDIE JOHNSON D TX BERNICE 30 2006-05-25 True G000544 Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] CHARLES GONZALEZ D TX A. 20 2006-05-25 True M001154 Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13] Brad Miller D NC 13 2006-05-25 True J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2006-05-25 True M001140 Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] DENNIS MOORE D KS 3 2006-07-28 False International Affairs Africa (Sub-Saharan) Agribusiness Agricultural assistance Agricultural cooperatives Agricultural credit Agricultural machinery Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade American investments Business education Business ethics Child labor Civics education Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Collective bargaining Commerce Conferences Congressional reporting requirements Curricula Depressed areas Developing countries Development credit institutions Discrimination in employment Diversification in industry Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Employee rights Energy Entrepreneurs Environmental Protection Excise tax Executive reorganization Export finance Exports Families Federal advisory bodies Federally-guaranteed loans Forced labor Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign banks and banking Foreign trade promotion Free enterprise Freedom of association Government Operations and Politics Government ethics Government trust funds Health Hours of labor Human rights Imports Intellectual property International law Job creation Joint ventures Labor and Employment Labor unions Legislation Minimum wages Occupational health and safety Petroleum Pollution taxes Privatization Public corruption Quality of life Science, Technology, Communications Small Business Administration Small business Social Welfare Standards Tax rates Taxation Technical assistance Technology transfer Volunteer workers Women Women in business Youth services International Affairs 00 2006-05-25 Introduced in House 2006-07-11T18:33:03Z African Entrepreneurship Act of 2006 - States that it shall be U.S. policy to make available for private sector development in sub-Saharan African countries professional, technical, and other resources for capacity-building for retail banks and small and medium enterprises, including farmers' cooperatives and businesses, to promote entrepreneurship and economic and export diversification, to expand the formal sector, and to increase trade.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include an African Economic Diversification Fund financing rate in the determination of the tax on petroleum products entered into the United States directly from a beneficiary sub-Saharan country. Terminates the Fund financing rate after December 31, 2011.

Establishes in the Treasury the African Economic Diversification Fund. Sets forth permitted expenditures.

Amends the Small Business Act to establish in the Office of International Trade the 21st Century African Entrepreneurs Program to provide assistance to qualified small and medium African enterprises. Provides for the establishment of not less than three African Entrepreneurs Program Centers for each of FY2007-FY2012 in qualified sub-Saharan countries.

Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish the U.S.-Africa Private Sector Advisory Council.

States that: (1) the Administrator should provide the Secretary of the Treasury with information pertaining to how African Development Bank programs can be used to improve the 21st Century African Entrepreneurs Program; (2) the Secretary of Agriculture should provide the Secretary of the Treasury with information pertaining to how the establishment of a value-added agricultural loan facility can be used to support development of qualified small and medium African enterprises devoted to the processing of agricultural commodities; and (3) the Secretary of State should undertake activities to strengthen internationally recognized labor rights and standards in qualified sub-Saharan African countries.

Authorizes the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide assistance to small and medium enterprises in such countries for: (1) youth entrepreneurship programs; and (2) anti-corruption initiatives.

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