3.0.0 3642 2019-11-15T21:52:32Z 2019-11-15T21:52:32Z Senate S S 2008-09-27 110 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-27T17:38:57Z Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Enhancement Act of 2008 110 7180 HR 2008-09-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2127-2128) Identical bill CRS 2008-09-27 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S10005-10006) IntroReferral 2008-09-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10004-10005) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N C001071 Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] Bob Corker R TN 2008-09-27 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-09-27 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2008-09-27 True International Affairs Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Department of State Diplomacy Economic assistance Employee training Environmental Protection Environmental technology Executive reorganization Freshwater resources conservation Government Operations and Politics Labor and Employment Potable water Poverty Science, Technology, Communications Sewage disposal Water Resources Development International Affairs 00 2008-09-27 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-12T21:24:53Z Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish the Office of Water which shall: (1) implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005; and (2) place primary emphasis on providing safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Directs the Secretary of State to establish the Bureau for International Water within the Office of the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs which shall: (1) coordinate U.S. diplomatic policy regarding global freshwater issues; and (2) ensure that international freshwater issues are represented within the U.S. government.

Amends the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 to: (1) direct the Secretary and the Administrator to establish in every priority country a program to train local water and sanitation managers to promote government capacity to provide access to safe drinking water and sanitation; and (2) require that the water for peace and security report includes an assessment of current and likely future political tensions over water sources and an assessment of the future impacts of global climate change on water supplies.

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize grants through USAID to develop technologies for providing clean water and sanitation in high priority countries with limited resources and infrastructure.

]]> Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Enhancement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Enhancement Act of 2008 Display Title Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Enhancement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance the capacity of the United States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 and to improve access to safe drinking water and sanitation throughout the world. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3642is/xml/BILLS-110s3642is.xml 2008-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S10005-10006) 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.