3.0.0 1727 2022-11-01T06:32:24Z 2022-11-01T06:32:24Z Senate S 2019-06-05 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-05T18:01:55Z Partnership Fund for Peace Act of 2019 116 3104 HR 2019-06-05 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2019-06-05 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2019-06-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2019-06-05 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2019-06-05 True G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2019-06-05 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2019-09-10 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-09-16 False Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2020-02-11 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2020-02-11 False P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2020-07-21 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2020-07-21 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2020-09-22 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2020-09-22 False International Affairs Arab-Israeli relations Conflicts and wars Congressional oversight Economic development Europe Foreign aid and international relief International organizations and cooperation Israel Middle East Palestinians Political movements and philosophies Public-private cooperation Research and development Small business Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations International Affairs 00 2019-06-05 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-13T14:53:26Z Partnership Fund for Peace Act of 2019

This bill requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish the Partnership Fund for Peace for promoting economic development in Palestine and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.

Specifically, the bill directs the USAID to establish this fund to finance (1) small and medium-sized Palestinian entrepreneurs and companies in order to promote the private sector and create jobs in Palestinian territories, and (2) people-to-people peacebuilding programs that support reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis. An economic partnership, entrepreneur, or company requesting support from the fund must include a Palestinian entrepreneur or company as a partner. A people-to-people partnership requesting support from the fund must include a nonprofit organization that brings Palestinians and Israelis together for reconciliation or nonprofit organizations that further reconciliation between Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel.

]]> Partnership Fund for Peace Act of 2019 Display Title Partnership Fund for Peace Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Partnership Fund for Peace Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Partnership Fund for Peace to promote joint economic development and finance ventures between Palestinian entrepreneurs and companies and those in the United States and Israel to improve economic cooperation and people-to-people peacebuilding programs, and to further shared community building, peaceful coexistence, dialogue, and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1727is/xml/BILLS-116s1727is.xml 2019-06-05 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.