3.0.0 6911 2022-02-03T05:12:28Z 2022-02-03T05:12:28Z House H HR 2008-09-16 110 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-16T13:01:30Z 2008-09-16 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2008-09-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000410 Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] HOWARD BERMAN D CA L. 28 N R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 18 2008-09-16 True H000324 Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] ALCEE HASTINGS D FL L. 23 2008-09-16 True S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 2008-09-16 True W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 2008-09-16 True S001162 Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13] Allyson Schwartz D PA Y. 13 2008-09-16 True S001154 Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] Bill Shuster R PA 9 2008-09-16 True B001231 Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] SHELLEY BERKLEY D NV 1 2008-09-22 False W000792 Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] ANTHONY WEINER D NY D. 9 2008-09-22 False C001062 Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11] K. Conaway R TX Michael 11 2008-09-22 False M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2008-09-22 False F000452 Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large] Luis Fortuno R PR G. 0 2008-09-22 False International Affairs Armed Forces and National Security Economic assistance Europe Georgia (Republic) Government Operations and Politics Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) International broadcasting International relief Internet Language and languages Radio broadcasting Russia Science, Technology, Communications War War relief International Affairs 00 2008-09-16 Introduced in House 2008-11-04T22:08:23Z Stability and Democracy for Georgia Act of 2008 or the STAND for Georgia Act of 2008 - Authorizes the President, in the wake of Georgia's August 2008 conflict with the Russian Federation, to provide assistance to Georgia for: (1) humanitarian needs; (2) infrastructure reconstruction; (3) economic development; and (4) governance.

Authorizes the use of assistance under this Act to extend broadcasting efforts by the Broadcasting Board of Governors to Georgia and to enhance Russian- and Georgian-language Internet and broadcast capacity for the Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc.

]]> Stability and Democracy for Georgia Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Stability and Democracy for Georgia Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced STAND for Georgia Act of 2008 Display Title Stability and Democracy for Georgia Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To authorize assistance to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of the people of Georgia, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-09-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6911ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6911ih.xml 2008-09-16 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 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.