3.0.0 1425 2023-01-11T13:18:16Z 2023-01-11T13:18:16Z Senate S S 2009-07-09 111 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-07-09T19:33:13Z Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive Act of 2010 111 5191 HR 2010-04-29 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Related bill CRS 2009-07-09 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7321-7324) IntroReferral 2009-07-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7408) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-09 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 2009-07-09 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-07-09 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2009-07-09 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2009-07-09 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2009-07-09 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-07-09 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-07-09 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2009-07-09 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2009-07-09 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2009-07-20 False H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2009-07-23 False B001266 Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] Roland Burris D IL 2009-09-08 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2009-09-21 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2009-10-27 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2010-01-28 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2010-03-09 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2010-03-18 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2010-04-12 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2010-05-06 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2010-05-25 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2010-07-12 False International Affairs Business investment and capital Employment discrimination and employee rights Financial services and investments Foreign aid and international relief Free trade and trade barriers Human rights Property rights Small business Women in business Women's employment Women's rights International Affairs 00 2009-07-09 Introduced in Senate 2009-08-05T21:51:39Z Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive Act of 2009 or GROWTH Act of 2009 - 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; and (7) Millennium Challenge Account assistance.

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 as well as financial service providers; (5) improving women's employment benefits and conditions; and (6) increasing women's ability to benefit from global trade.

Directs the Secretary, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to: (1) provide support for tracking indicators on women's employment, property rights, access to financial services, and enterprise development; and (2) ensure foreign assistance project proposals include capacity building and technical assistance for local, indigenous, nongovernmental, organizations and community-based organizations dedicated to addressing the needs of women and women's organizations.

]]> GROWTH Act of 2009 Display Title GROWTH Act of 2009 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 Short Titles as Introduced GROWTH Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Global Resources and Opportunities for Women To Thrive Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1425is/xml/BILLS-111s1425is.xml 2009-07-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7321-7324) 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.