DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Bills and resolutions

AID: authorize appropriations for a cooperative program with Israel to provide assistance in the areas of water resources, agriculture, and energy storage in developing countries (see H.R. 1820), H2754 [18MR]

——— implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally (see S. 1766), S3284 [10JN]

——— prescribe manner in which programs are identified overseas (see H.R. 2691), H3787 [14MY] (see H.R. 2744), H3840 [15MY]

——— strengthen implementation of policies that advance early childhood development internationally and provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see S. 2715), S6189 [28OC] (see H.R. 4864), H8538 [28OC]

Children and youth: call for elimination of sexual violence against girls through data-driven in-country reforms (see H. Res. 723), H9121 [20NO]

——— condemn all forms of violence against children globally, recognize its harmful impacts, and develop and monitor a strategy to prevent and address such violence (see S. Res. 112), S1900 [14MR] (see H. Res. 230), H2745 [14MR]

Climate: address disparate impact of climate change on women and support efforts of women globally to address climate change (see S. 868), S1986 [26MR] (see H.R. 1880), H2826 [26MR]

——— recognize that climate change most severely impacts vulnerable and disadvantaged communities and that it is a U.S. responsibility to work with global partners to promote environmental and climate justice (see H. Res. 367), H3680 [9MY]

Dept. of the Interior: adapt successful practices of providing foreign aid to underdeveloped economies to provision of economic development assistance to Native communities in similarly situated remote areas in the U.S. (see S. 126), S220 [15JA] (see H.R. 558), H600 [15JA]

Diseases and disorders: facilitate effective research on, and treatment of, neglected tropical diseases through coordinated international efforts (see S. 2481), S5539 [17SE] (see H.R. 3460), H5165 [25JN]

——— facilitate effective research on, and treatment of, neglected tropical diseases, including Ebola, through coordinated domestic and international efforts (see H.R. 826), H1242 [28JA]

Education: affirm importance of access to safe, quality education, including protection from attacks on education, for children in conflict settings (see S. Res. 360), S5896 [17OC] (see H. Res. 277), H2938 [1AP]

Food for Peace Act: recognize continued success and prioritization of funding (see H. Res. 742), H9294 [5DE]

Foreign aid: authorize a comprehensive, strategic approach for U.S. foreign assistance to developing countries to strengthen global health security (see H.R. 2166), H3216 [9AP]

——— ensure adolescent girls in developing countries enroll in and succeed in school, address barriers adolescent girls face in accessing school, and develop U.S. Global Strategy To Empower Adolescent Girls (see S. 1071), S2328 [9AP] (see H.R. 2153), H3215 [9AP]

——— improve coordination of programs to provide trade capacity building assistance (see H.R. 2067), H3067 [3AP]

——— provide, on an annual basis, an amount equal to at least 1 percent of U.S. gross domestic product for nonmilitary foreign assistance programs (see H. Con. Res. 3), H284 [8JA]

Foreign policy: combat international extremism by addressing global fragility and violence and stabilizing conflict-affected areas (see S. 727), S1734 [7MR] (see H.R. 1580), H2581 [7MR] (see H.R. 2116), H3127 [8AP]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): commend work, affirm U.S. financial commitment, and urge donor and recipient countries to increase pledges and meet commitments (see S. Res. 318), S5577 [18SE] (see H. Res. 517), H7377 [24JY]

Health care professionals: recognize contributions and call for support of frontline health workers for ending preventable deaths in vulnerable communities and responding to humanitarian and public health crises (see H. Res. 467), H5258 [27JN]

Hunger: recognize importance of U.S. leadership to accelerate global progress against maternal and child malnutrition and support AID commitment to global nutrition through its multi-sectoral strategy (see S. Res. 260), S4456 [24JN]

——— recognize importance of U.S. leadership to accelerate global progress against maternal and child malnutrition and support commitment of AID to global nutrition through its multi-sectoral nutrition strategy (see H. Res. 189), H2584 [7MR]

Information technology: promote Internet access in developing countries and update foreign policy toward the Internet (see H.R. 1359), H2232 [26FE]

National security: recognize interdependence of diplomacy, development, and defense as critical to effective national security (see H. Res. 220), H2717 [13MR]

Solar energy: authorize microenterprise assistance for renewable energy projects in developing countries (see H.R. 212), H209 [3JA]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: authorizing appropriations for Green Climate Fund (see H.R. 4986), H8729 [5NO]

World Food Day: designate (see S. Res. 365), S5896 [17OC] (see H. Res. 632), H8198 [16OC]

World Malaria Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 161), S2435 [11AP]

World Trade Organization: reaffirm U.S. commitment, improve dispute settlement, address appellate concerns, increase transparency, ensure fair treatment of developing countries, and address needs of free and open economies (see H. Res. 746), H9347 [6DE]

Letters

USAID Branding Modernization Act: Representatives Engel and McCaul, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H5786 [15JY]

Remarks in House

AID: prescribe manner in which programs are identified overseas (H.R. 2744), H5786, H5787 [15JY]

Diseases and disorders: combating malaria, tuberculosis, and AIDS funding, E630 [20MY]

——— facilitate effective research on, and treatment of, neglected tropical diseases through coordinated international efforts, H10594 [17DE]

——— facilitate effective research on, and treatment of, neglected tropical diseases through coordinated international efforts (H.R. 3460), H9194–H9197 [3DE]

Food for Peace Act: recognize continued success and prioritization of funding (H. Res. 742), E1547 [5DE]

Foreign policy: combat international extremism by addressing global fragility and violence and stabilizing conflict-affected areas (H.R. 2116), H3966–H3969 [20MY]

Information technology: promote Internet access in developing countries and update foreign policy toward the Internet (H.R. 1359), H3970–H3973 [20MY]

Peace Corps: anniversary, H2590 [8MR]

U.S. International Development Finance Corp.: establish, H9253 [4DE]

World Water Day: observance, H2877 [27MR]

Remarks in Senate

AID: implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally (S. 1766), S3288 [10JN]

Climate: address disparate impact of climate change on women and support efforts of women globally to address climate change (S. 868), S1989–S1991 [26MR]

World Bank Group: oppose decision to adopt a multi-year lending plan for China, S6863, S6879 [5DE]

——— oppose decision to defund projects using oil, gas, and coal and prioritize access to energy resources in developing countries, S6379 [5NO]

World Food Day: designate (S. Res. 365), S5905 [17OC]

Reports filed

Commend Work of Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization), Affirm U.S. Commitment, and Urge Countries To Increase Pledges and Meet Commitments: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 318), S5747 [26SE]

Global Fragility Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 727), S4946 [18JY]

Recognize Importance of U.S. Leadership To Accelerate Global Progress Against Maternal and Child Malnutrition and Support AID Commitment to Global Nutrition: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 260), S7155 [18DE]

USAID Branding Modernization Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H.R. 2744), S7113 [17DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 517, commend work of Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization), affirm U.S. financial commitment, and urge donor and recipient countries to increase pledges and meet commitments, H9192 [3DE]

H.R. 1359, Digital Global Access Policy (Digital GAP) Act, H3970–H3972 [20MY]

H.R. 2116, Global Fragility Act, H3966–H3968 [20MY]

H.R. 2744, USAID Branding Modernization Act, H5786 [15JY]

H.R. 3460, End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act, H9194 [3DE]

S. Res. 112, condemn all forms of violence against children globally, recognize its harmful impacts, and develop and monitor a strategy to prevent and address such violence, S1907 [14MR]

S. Res. 161, support goals and ideals of World Malaria Day, S2440 [11AP]

S. Res. 260, recognize importance of U.S. leadership to accelerate global progress against maternal and child malnutrition and support AID commitment to global nutrition through its multi-sectoral strategy, S4460 [24JN]

S. Res. 318, commend work of Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization), affirm U.S. financial commitment, and urge donor and recipient countries to increase pledges and meet commitments, S5581 [18SE], S6790 [2DE], S6955 [10DE]

S. Res. 360, affirm importance of access to safe, quality education, including protection from attacks on education, for children in conflict settings, S5900 [17OC]

S. Res. 365, World Food Day, S5903 [17OC]