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Increasing America's Global Development Capacity Act of 2008

Introduced: September 27, 2008 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Sep 27, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S10007)
Sep 27, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10006-10007)
Sep 27, 2008
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Increasing America's Global Development Capacity Act of 2008 - Provides for the hiring of additional Foreign Service officers as United States Agency for International Development (USAID) employees.

What's happening now September 27, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S10007)

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Oct 2, 2008
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Sep 27, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3643: Increasing America's Global Development Capacity Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3643/
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