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S 589 111th Congress Senate International Affairs Cultural exchanges and relations Executive agency funding and structure Foreign aid and international relief Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Student aid and college costs U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Global Service Fellowship Program Act of 2009

Introduced: March 12, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Mar 12, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Mar 12, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Mar 12, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3082)
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Global Service Fellowship Program Act of 2009 - Directs the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to: (1) establish and administer a Global Service Fellowship Program to fund fellowships to promote international volunteering opportunities as a means of building bridges across cultures, addressing critical human needs, and promoting mutual understanding; and (2) establish the Office of Volunteers for Prosperity to implement the Global Service Fellowship Program.

Sets forth Program provisions.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now March 12, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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All 1 Democratic 1
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Mar 12, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 589: Global Service Fellowship Program Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-589/
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"S. 589: Global Service Fellowship Program Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-589/.
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S. 589, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-589/.
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