3.0.0 2069 2023-01-11T20:27:49Z 2023-01-11T20:27:49Z Senate S S 2007-09-19 110 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-09-19T20:42:54Z Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive Act of 2007 110 2965 HR 2007-07-10 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Related bill CRS 2007-09-19 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11753-11756) IntroReferral 2007-09-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2007-09-19 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-11-01 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-11-01 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2007-12-06 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2007-12-06 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-12-06 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-12-06 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-12-06 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2007-12-18 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-03-06 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2008-03-06 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2008-04-02 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2008-04-02 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2008-04-23 False International Affairs Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Community organization Developing countries Economic assistance Entrepreneurs Exchange of persons programs Finance and Financial Sector Financial services Foreign Trade and International Finance Labor and Employment Leadership Nongovernmental organizations Poverty Right of property Small business Women Women in business Women in public life Women's employment Women's organizations International Affairs 00 2007-09-19 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-29T16:51:36Z Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive Act of 2007 or GROWTH Act of 2007 - 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; (7) Millennium Challenge Account assistance; and (8) indigenous women's organizations.

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, such as indigenous nongovernmental organizations, community-based organizations, and regulated financial intermediaries; (5) improving women's employment benefits and conditions; and (6) increasing women's ability to benefit from global trade.

]]> GROWTH Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase the United States financial and programmatic contributions to promote economic opportunities for women in developing countries. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title GROWTH Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced GROWTH Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-09-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2069is/xml/BILLS-110s2069is.xml 2007-09-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11753-11756) 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.