3.0.0 5652 2023-01-13T04:50:48Z 2023-01-13T04:50:48Z House H HR 2006-06-20 109 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing hsfa16 Africa Subcommittee Referred to 2006-06-21T16:00:46Z Referred to 2006-06-20T13:31:40Z 2006-06-21 hsfa16 Africa Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations. Committee 2006-06-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1245-1246) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-06-20 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2006-06-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-06-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 N F000449 Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] Jeff Fortenberry R NE 1 2006-06-20 True S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 2006-06-21 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2006-06-21 False M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2006-06-21 False M001137 Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6] GREGORY MEEKS D NY W. 6 2006-06-21 False B001236 Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3] John Boozman R AR 3 2006-06-21 False W000794 Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33] Diane Watson D CA E. 33 2006-06-22 False International Affairs Africa Africa (Sub-Saharan) African Development Foundation Africans Commerce Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Consultants Cooperative societies Developing countries Economic assistance Employee rights Federal employees Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign loans Government Operations and Politics Middle East and North Africa Names Poverty Salaries Small business Social Welfare Technical assistance International Affairs 00 2006-06-20 Introduced in House 2006-09-21T14:29:24Z African Development Foundation Act of 2006 - Amends the the African Development Foundation Act to redesignate the African Development Foundation as the United States African Development Foundation.

Specifies that small enterprises, producer associations, and cooperatives are eligible for Foundation assistance grants, loans, and loan guarantee assistance.

Increases the project assistance ceiling and permits such amount to be exceeded in exceptional circumstances upon Board of Directors approval and congressional notification.

Requires a small enterprise to have its ownership and management and daily business operations vested in one or more individuals who are indigenous to Africa in order to qualify for Foundation assistance.

Authorizes the Foundation to provide eligible recipients with technical assistance.

Revises specified salary and hiring provisions.

]]> African Development Foundation Act of 2006 Display Title African Development Foundation Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To amend the African Development Foundation Act to redesignate the name of the Foundation, to increase funding for the mission of the Foundation, and to increase the powers of the Foundation. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced African Development Foundation Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-06-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr5652ih/xml/BILLS-109hr5652ih.xml 2006-06-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations. 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.