3.0.0 5191 2023-01-11T13:16:03Z 2023-01-11T13:16:03Z House H HR 2010-04-29 111 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-04-29T14:02:45Z GROWTH Act of 2009 111 1425 S 2009-07-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7321-7324) Related bill CRS 2010-04-29 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2010-04-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-04-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000480 Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] NITA LOWEY D NY M. 18 N R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 18 2010-04-29 True E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 2010-04-29 True K000360 Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 10 2010-04-29 True M001137 Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6] GREGORY MEEKS D NY W. 6 2010-05-06 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2010-05-06 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2010-05-13 False M001171 Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-25] Daniel Maffei D NY B. 25 2010-05-27 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2010-05-27 False H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 2010-06-10 False D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 2010-06-24 False M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 14 2010-07-29 False L000287 Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] JOHN LEWIS D GA 5 2010-08-10 False S000510 Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] ADAM SMITH D WA 9 2010-09-15 False S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2010-09-15 False H001042 Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2 2010-09-15 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2010-09-29 False I000057 Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] STEVE ISRAEL D NY 2 2010-09-29 False M001146 Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8] Jim Marshall D GA 8 2010-09-29 False D000482 Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] MIKE DOYLE D PA 14 2010-11-16 False W000793 Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] DAVID WU D OR 1 2010-12-02 False H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 2010-12-22 False International Affairs Business investment and capital Employment discrimination and employee rights Financial services and investments Foreign aid and international relief Government trust funds Human rights Property rights Small business Women in business Women's employment Women's rights International Affairs 00 2010-04-29 Introduced in House 2010-05-11T12:47:53Z Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive Act of 2010 or GROWTH Act of 2010 - 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.

]]> Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive Act of 2010 Display Title Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To increase the United States financial and programmatic contributions to promote economic opportunities for women in developing countries. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive Act of 2010 Short Titles as Introduced GROWTH Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-04-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5191ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5191ih.xml 2010-04-29 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.