3.0.0 80 2023-01-11T13:20:51Z 2023-01-11T13:20:51Z House H HR 2011-01-05 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas:H.R. 80.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H44]]]> hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2011-01-05T17:22:30Z 2011-01-05 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2011-01-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-01-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 N International Affairs Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Foreign aid and international relief Solid waste and recycling U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Water quality Water use and supply International Affairs 00 2011-01-05 Introduced in House 2011-01-13T17:33:43Z Global Water Access and Equity Act - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish within the Department of State a Coordinator of United States Government Diplomatic Initiatives to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation Globally.

Directs the Coordinator to: (1) be the Secretary of State's principal advisor on efforts to ensure that developing countries have affordable and equitable access to safe water and sanitation; and (2) monitor U.S. diplomatic policy and formulate ways in which such policy may be used to further the goal of ensuring that developing countries have access to safe water and sanitation, including the objectives expressed in the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005.

Amends the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 to establish within the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) a Bureau for Global Water Aid which shall be responsible for the oversight and coordination of all activities to provide safe water and sanitation to developing countries.

Expresses the sense of Congress that U.S. policy should promote more efficient use of existing water supplies in developing countries, as well as the development of additional reliable water supplies.

]]> Global Water Access and Equity Act Display Title Global Water Access and Equity Act Official Title as Introduced To improve efforts of the United States Government to ensure that developing countries have affordable and equitable access to safe water and sanitation, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Global Water Access and Equity Act Introduced in House 2011-01-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr80ih/xml/BILLS-112hr80ih.xml 2011-01-05 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.