3.0.0 4368 2023-01-11T13:16:55Z 2023-01-11T13:16:55Z House H HR 2009-12-16 111 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-12-16T14:03:48Z Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2010 111 1593 S 2009-08-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2009-12-16 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2009-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000179 Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] ELIOT ENGEL D NY L. 17 N M001137 Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6] GREGORY MEEKS D NY W. 6 2009-12-16 True H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 2009-12-16 True S001165 Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13] Albio Sires D NJ 13 2009-12-16 True M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 3 2009-12-16 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2009-12-16 True International Affairs Advisory bodies Caribbean area Child safety and welfare Crime prevention Crimes against children Crimes against women Disability and health-based discrimination Economic development Economic performance and conditions Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Employment discrimination and employee rights Foreign aid and international relief Government ethics and transparency, public corruption HIV/AIDS Health promotion and preventive care Human rights Human trafficking Infectious and parasitic diseases International law and treaties International organizations and cooperation Latin America Multilateral development programs North America Performance measurement Political movements and philosophies Poverty and welfare assistance Public participation and lobbying Public-private cooperation Racial and ethnic relations Rule of law and government transparency Specialized courts Violent crime Vocational and technical education World health Youth employment and child labor International Affairs 00 2009-12-16 Introduced in House 2010-04-05T19:56:55Z Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2010 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and working with governments and civil society in the Americas (the countries of North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean), to provide assistance to reduce poverty, expand the middle class, and foster increased economic opportunity.

Directs the Secretary of State to establish an advisory group to consider the feasibility of establishing a public-private Fund for Social and Economic Development in the Americas.

Authorizes appropriations for: (1) assistance to Central America, South America, the Caribbean, and Mexico; (2) debt and equity financing for a Microfinance Growth Fund for the Americas; (3) the Fund for Social and Economic Development in the Americas; and (4) USAID for labor and environmental capacity building activities relating to the implementation of trade promotion agreements.

]]> Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2010 Display Title Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To authorize the establishment of a Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Fund to reduce poverty, expand the middle class, and foster increased economic opportunity in that region, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2009-12-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr4368ih/xml/BILLS-111hr4368ih.xml 2009-12-16 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.