SRES 312 111th Congress Senate International Affairs Federal officials Foreign aid and international relief U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on empowering and strengthening the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Introduced: October 13, 2009 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (Senate)

Nov 9, 2009

Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

Nov 9, 2009

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

Nov 9, 2009

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S11301)

Nov 9, 2009

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Oct 13, 2009

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10372-10373)

Oct 13, 2009

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10373)

Oct 13, 2009

Introduced in Senate

Amendments to this bill 2

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

2 agreed to

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
SAMDT 2,770	—	To amend the preamble.	Agreed to	Nov 9, 2009
SAMDT 2,769	—	To improve the resolution.	Agreed to	Nov 9, 2009

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) a highly knowledgeable individual should be nominated to serve as the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); (2) the Administrator should serve as the chief advocate for U.S. development capacity and strategy; (3) USAID must be empowered to be the primary U.S. development agency; (4) the Administrator should increase the total number of full-time Foreign Service Officers employed by USAID; and (5) the Administrator should submit a strategy to Congress that includes training and staffing plans, resource and statutory requirements, and a plan to prevent assistance funds from going to persons or organizations that advocate or engage in international terrorism.

What's happening now November 9, 2009

Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.

Bill text 2 versions

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Foreign Relations Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 5

Merkley, Jeff

Oregon · Oct 21, 2009

Sanders, Bernard

Vermont · Oct 19, 2009

Murray, Patty

Washington · Oct 14, 2009

Whitehouse, Sheldon

Rhode Island · Oct 14, 2009

Durbin, Richard J.

Illinois · Oct 13, 2009

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 312: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on empowering and strengthening the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-SRES-312/

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"S. Res. 312: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on empowering and strengthening the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-SRES-312/.

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S. Res. 312, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-SRES-312/.

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