3.0.0 5154 2023-08-22T16:00:34Z 2023-09-05T17:28:05Z Senate S 2022-11-30 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-11-30T21:12:49Z Strengthening the AfCFTA Act of 2022 117 9364 HR 2022-11-30 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2022-11-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2022-11-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD N Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2022-11-30 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-22T15:53:27Z Strengthening the African Continental Free Trade Area Act of 2022 or the Strengthening the AfCFTA Act of 2022

This bill requires the President to direct the U.S. Trade Representative to develop a 10-year federal strategy to promote the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Additionally, the U.S. Agency for International Development must establish an AfCFTA Trade Capacity Building Program to support the implementation of the strategy.

]]> Strengthening the AfCFTA Act of 2022 Display Title Strengthening the AfCFTA Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Strengthening the AfCFTA Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Strengthening the African Continental Free Trade Area Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote the African Continental Free Trade Area, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s5154is/xml/BILLS-117s5154is.xml 2022-11-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.