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<item congress="113" measure-type="s" measure-number="2831" measure-id="id113s2831" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2014-09-16" update-date="2014-09-23">
<title>Economic Growth and Development Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id113s2831v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2014-09-23">
<action-date>2014-09-16</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Directs the President to establish a primary mechanism to assist the private sector in coordinating U.S. development programs with private sector investment activities. </p> <p> Directs the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to direct their respective policy and country teams to include private sector consultation in all country, sector, and global development strategies.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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