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HR 3692 110th Congress House International Affairs Authorization Development credit institutions Economic assistance Economic development Economics and Public Finance Federal advisory bodies Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Middle class Nongovernmental organizations Poverty U.S. Agency for International Development Western Hemisphere

Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2007

Introduced: September 27, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Jan 11, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
Sep 27, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
Sep 27, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide assistance to reduce poverty, expand the middle class, and foster increased economic opportunity in Western Hemisphere countries.

Establishes within USAID the Western Hemisphere Economic Investment and Development Advisory Committee which shall: (1) serve as a link among the U.S. government, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, and other interested parties; and (2) review projects funded under this Act.

Amends the Inter-American Development Bank Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the United States Executive Director at the Bank to use U.S. influence to urge the Bank to establish a Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas to provide assistance to reduce poverty, expand the size of the middle class, and foster increased economic opportunity in Western Hemisphere countries.

Authorizes appropriations for payment to the Inter-American Development Bank of arrears owed by the United States to the Multilateral Investment Fund.

What's happening now January 11, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Oct 15, 2007
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Sep 27, 2007
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Sep 27, 2007
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 27, 2007
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Sep 27, 2007
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 27, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3692: Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3692/
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