HR 1302
110th Congress
House
International Affairs
AIDS (Disease)
Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Debt relief
Developing countries
Development credit institutions
Economic assistance
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Hunger
International agencies
International cooperation
Global Poverty Act of 2007
Everywhere this bill has been
11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 26, 2007
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Sep 25, 2007
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 25, 2007
Mr. Smith (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 25, 2007
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H10778-10779)
Sep 25, 2007
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1302.
Sep 25, 2007
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10778-10781)
Sep 25, 2007
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10778-10779)
Jul 31, 2007
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 31, 2007
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 1, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 1, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Global Poverty Act of 2007 - Directs the President, through the Secretary of State, to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the U.S. foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide who live on less than $1 per day.
Sets forth reporting requirements.
What's happening now
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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