3.0.0 3368 2023-01-11T13:41:41Z 2023-01-11T13:41:41Z Senate S 2018-08-22 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-08-22T21:55:36Z Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018 115 5273 HR 2018-11-28 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2018-08-22 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2018-08-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2018-08-22 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2018-08-22 True Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2018-08-22 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2018-08-22 True International Affairs Appropriations Conflicts and wars Congressional oversight Crimes against children Crimes against women Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Economic development Foreign aid and international relief Government studies and investigations Human rights International organizations and cooperation Multilateral development programs Organized crime Performance measurement Political movements and philosophies Public-private cooperation Reconstruction and stabilization Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Research and development Rule of law and government transparency Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Terrorism International Affairs 00 2018-08-22 Introduced in Senate 2019-05-10T19:32:35Z Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018

This bill directs the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to submit to Congress: (1) a 10-year Global Initiative to Reduce Fragility and Violence aimed at reducing and addressing the causes of violence, instability, and fragility in at least six priority countries; and (2) a related implementing strategy.

Funds made available in any Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for priority countries may be used to support this initiative and individual priority country plans.

The Government Accountability Office shall review U.S. assistance activities in each priority country.

]]> Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018 Display Title Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reduce global fragility and violence by improving the capacity of the United States to reduce and address the causes of violence, instability, and fragility, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3368is/xml/BILLS-115s3368is.xml 2018-08-22 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.