3.0.0 624 2023-01-11T13:19:43Z 2023-01-11T13:19:43Z Senate S S 2009-03-17 111 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-09-22T19:29:29Z ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2010-05-13T22:33:39Z Markup by 2010-04-13T19:30:16Z Referred to 2009-03-17T23:19:38Z S. Rept. 111-185 Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2009 111 2030 HR 2009-04-22 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2010-09-22 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2010-09-22 14:05:31 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2010-09-21 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2010-09-20 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2010-09-20 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2010-09-20 Senate The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2010-09-20 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7222-7224; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S7222-7224) Floor 2010-05-13 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374. Calendars 2010-05-13 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-185. Committee 2010-05-13 Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-185. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee 2010-04-13 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2009-03-17 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3186-3188) IntroReferral 2009-03-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3185-3186) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N C001071 Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] Bob Corker R TN 2009-03-17 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2009-03-17 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-04-20 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2009-04-30 False B001266 Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] Roland Burris D IL 2009-04-30 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2009-06-15 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-06-22 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2009-06-25 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-07-06 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-07-08 False D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2009-07-08 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2009-07-15 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2009-07-20 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2009-07-23 False B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2009-07-24 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2009-07-27 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2009-08-03 False R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2009-09-08 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2009-09-08 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2009-09-24 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2009-10-05 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2009-10-07 False J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2009-10-08 False K000374 Sen. Kirk, Paul Grattan, Jr. [D-MA] Paul Kirk D MA Grattan 2009-10-14 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] ARLEN SPECTER D PA 2009-10-22 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2009-12-04 False K000373 Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE] Edward Kaufman D DE E. 2009-12-04 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2009-12-23 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2010-01-20 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2010-01-20 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2010-04-12 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2010-05-24 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2010-06-21 False 2010-05-04T04:00:00Z S. 624, Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2009 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/21451 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on April 13, 2010</p> 2010-05-04T04:00:00Z S. 624, Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2009 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21451 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on April 13, 2010 International Affairs Child health Congressional oversight Department of State Executive agency funding and structure Foreign aid and international relief HIV/AIDS Health promotion and preventive care Infectious and parasitic diseases Solid waste and recycling Water resources funding Water use and supply Women's health World health International Affairs 00 2009-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-13T22:09:46Z Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2009 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish the Office of Water within the Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade to: (1) give assistance to provide safe water and sanitation for people worldwide; and (2) be headed by a Director for Safe Water and Sanitation. Outlines the Director's duties.

Requires the Secretary of State, in order to increase the capacity of the Department of State to address international issues regarding safe water, sanitation, integrated river basin management, and other international water programs, to establish a Special Coordinator for International Water. Outlines the Special Coordinator's duties.

Amends the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 to: (1) revise requirements concerning the safe water and sanitation strategy; (2) provide for the establishment of a program to build the capacity of host country institutions and officials responsible for water and sanitation in countries that receive assistance to provide safe water and sanitation under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (3) expand the list of activities that may be supported by assistance furnished by the President for programs in developing countries to provide affordable and equitable access to safe water and sanitation; and (4) require the report regarding water for peace and security to include an assessment of political tensions over water sources and a multidisciplinary assessment of the expected impacts of global climate change on water supplies in 10, 25, and 50 years.

]]> 35 2010-09-20 Passed Senate amended 2010-11-01T15:48:02Z Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2010 - (Sec. 3) Calls for the United States to help undertake a global effort to bring sustainable access to clean water and sanitation to poor people throughout the world.

(Sec. 5) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to designate a Senior Advisor for Water to coordinate and conduct the activities described in this Act and the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005. Requires the Senior Advisor to: (1) report directly to the Administrator; (2) develop and oversee implementation in high priority countries of country-specific water strategies and expertise to enable the goal of providing 100 million additional people with sustainable access to safe water and sanitation through direct funding, development activities, and partnerships within six years of this Act's enactment; (3) place primary emphasis on providing safe, affordable, and sustainable drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in a manner that is consistent with sound water resource management principles; and (4) integrate water strategies with country-specific or regional food security strategies. Designates the individual serving as Water Team Leader as of this Act's enactment as the initial Senior Advisor.

Requires the Secretary of State, in order to increase the capacity of the Department of State to address international issues regarding safe water, sanitation, integrated river basin management, and other international water programs, to establish a Special Coordinator for International Water to: (1) report to the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs; (2) oversee and coordinate U.S. diplomatic policy with respect to global freshwater issues; and (3) ensure that international freshwater issues are represented within the U.S. government and in key diplomatic, development, and scientific efforts with other nations and multilateral organizations. Designates the individual serving as Special Coordinator for Water Resources as of this Act's enactment as the initial Special Coordinator for International Water.

(Sec. 6) Amends the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 to require the Special Coordinator to ensure that the safe water and sanitation strategy is integrated into any review or development of a federal strategy for global development, global health, or global food security that sets forth or establishes the U.S. mission for global development, guidelines for assistance programs, and how development policy will be coordinated with policies governing trade, immigration, and other relevant international issues. Requires the safe water and sanitation strategy to include: (1) an assessment of U.S. foreign assistance allocated to the drinking water and sanitation sector during the three previous fiscal years, including assessing whether U.S. efforts are reaching and supporting the goal of enabling first-time access to safe water and sanitation on a sustainable basis for 100 million people in high priority countries; (2) recommendations on actions needed to achieve and support such goals and support the United Nation's Millennium Development Goal on access to safe drinking water; and (3) an assessment of best practices for mobilizing and leveraging the capacity of business, governments, organizations, and civil society in forming public-private partnerships that measurably increase access to safe, affordable, drinking water sanitation.

(Sec. 7) Requires the Secretary and the Administrator to establish a program to build the capacity of host country institutions and officials responsible for water and sanitation in countries that receive assistance to provide safe water and sanitation under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Authorizes the Secretary and the Administrator to establish such program in additional countries if the receipt of such capacity building would be beneficial for promoting access to safe drinking water and sanitation, with due consideration given to good governance.

Requires the USAID Director for each country receiving a high priority designation and for each region containing a country receiving such designation to report annually to Congress on drinking water and sanitation, including the status of: (1) designating safe drinking water and sanitation as a strategic objective; and (2) integrating the water strategy into a food security strategy.

(Sec. 8) Expands the list of activities that may be supported by assistance furnished by the President for programs in developing countries to provide affordable and equitable access to safe water and sanitation.

(Sec. 10) Requires the report regarding water for peace and security to include an assessment of political tensions over water sources and a multidisciplinary assessment of the expected impacts of changes to water supplies in 10, 25, and 50 years.

(Sec. 11) Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to report to specified congressional committees on the effectiveness and efficiency of U.S. efforts to provide safe water and sanitation for developing countries.

]]> Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2010 Display Title Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide 100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe drinking water and sanitation on a sustainable basis by 2015 by improving the capacity of the United States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2009 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2009 S Senate Short Titles as Passed Senate Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2010 S Senate 4620 111 SAMDT In the nature of a substitute. 2022-02-03T06:05:29Z 2010-09-20 Amendment SA 4620 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 4620 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/111th-congress/senate-amendment/4620 D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2010-09-20T04:00:00Z 2010-09-20T04:00:00Z Senate 111 S Senate S 624 Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2010 2023-01-11T13:19:43Z 6 2010-09-20 0 Senate Amendment SA 4620 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2010-09-20 0 Senate Amendment SA 4620 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Durbin. (consideration: CR S7224) In the nature of a substitute. Floor 2010-09-20 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 4620 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Durbin.(consideration: CR S7224) Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2010-09-20 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 4620 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress 2010-09-20 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress Referred in House 2010-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s624rfh/xml/BILLS-111s624rfh.xml Engrossed in Senate 2010-09-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s624es/xml/BILLS-111s624es.xml Reported to Senate 2010-05-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s624rs/xml/BILLS-111s624rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2009-03-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s624is/xml/BILLS-111s624is.xml 2010-09-22 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.