3.0.0 1593 2023-01-11T13:18:10Z 2023-01-11T13:18:10Z Senate S S 2009-08-06 111 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-08-06T17:19:43Z Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2010 111 4368 HR 2009-12-16 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Related bill CRS 2009-08-06 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2009-08-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2009-08-06 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2009-08-06 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2009-09-09 False International Affairs Alternative and renewable resources Caribbean area Climate change and greenhouse gases Crime prevention Economic development Economic performance and conditions Elementary and secondary education Employment discrimination and employee rights Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Foreign aid and international relief Forests, forestry, trees Government studies and investigations Health promotion and preventive care Human rights Latin America Mexico Rule of law and government transparency Rural conditions and development Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Trade agreements and negotiations Vocational and technical education Western Hemisphere World health International Affairs 00 2009-08-06 Introduced in Senate 2009-12-17T16:56:14Z Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2010 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President, acting through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and working with governments and civil society in the Americas (all 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 by promoting education, improving health and disease prevention, increasing access to income generating activities, reducing crime, generating rural development, reducing poverty and inequality, eliminating the exclusion of marginalized populations, and strengthening the rule of law, governance, and democracy through the establishment of independent judiciaries, efficient processes to adjudicate claims, and effective law enforcement institutions.

Authorizes appropriations for debt and equity financing for a Microfinance Growth Fund for the Americas.

Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) establish an advisory group on the feasibility of establishing a new public-private Fund for Social and Economic Development in the Americas; (2) conduct a joint study to determine the best strategy for increasing the use of renewable energy sources in the Americas; and (3) work with interested governments in Central America, South America, the Caribbean, and Mexico (the Region) to study mechanisms to facilitate regional and hemispheric carbon trading.

Authorizes appropriations to USAID: (1) for labor and environmental capacity building activities relating to the implementation of trade promotion agreements; (2) for programs in the Americas to reduce global warming; (3) to support activities in the Region involving adaptation to, and reduction in the negative impact of, environmental changes brought about by global warming and activities promoting sustainable forest management and reduction of deforestation.

Expresses support for the establishment of an Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas.

]]> 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 A bill 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, to promote engagement on the use of renewable fuel sources and on climate change in the Americas, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2009-08-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1593is/xml/BILLS-111s1593is.xml 2009-08-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.