3.0.0 3151 2023-01-11T13:16:12Z 2023-01-11T13:16:12Z Senate S S 2010-03-22 111 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-03-22T21:40:38Z 2010-03-22 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2010-03-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2010-03-22 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2010-05-04 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2010-05-04 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2010-05-04 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2010-07-15 False International Affairs Congressional oversight Crime prevention Crime victims Crimes against women Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Foreign aid and international relief Human rights Marriage and family status Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Women's education Women's health Women's rights International Affairs 00 2010-03-22 Introduced in Senate 2010-04-27T14:43:24Z Enhancing Quality Assistance and Leadership and Improving Transparency for Women Act or the EQUALITY Act - Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of State the Office for Global Women's Issues which shall be headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues.

Establishes in the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) the Women's Development Advisor who shall coordinate USAID efforts to integrate gender in foreign assistance design, strategy, and programs.

Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to report to Congress regarding U.S. government financial assistance to further international economic, social, and legal development for women and girls.

]]> Enhancing Quality Assistance and Leadership and Improving Transparency for Women Act Display Title Enhancing Quality Assistance and Leadership and Improving Transparency for Women Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Office for Global Women's Issues and the Women's Development Advisor to facilitate interagency coordination and the integration of gender considerations into the strategies, programming, and associated outcomes of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Enhancing Quality Assistance and Leadership and Improving Transparency for Women Act Short Titles as Introduced EQUALITY Act Introduced in Senate 2010-03-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3151is/xml/BILLS-111s3151is.xml 2010-03-22 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.