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Global Poverty Act of 2009

Introduced: May 21, 2009 Introduced by: Smith, Adam Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
May 21, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Global Poverty Act of 2009 - 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.

What's happening now May 21, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 14, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2639: Global Poverty Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2639/
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"H.R. 2639: Global Poverty Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2639/.
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H.R. 2639, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2639/.
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