HR 6178
112th Congress
House
International Affairs
African Development Foundation
Congressional oversight
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Executive agency funding and structure
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Inter-American Foundation
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Trade and Development Agency
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Economic Growth and Development Act
Introduced: July 24, 2012
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 24, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jul 24, 2012
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Economic Growth and Development Act - Directs the President to establish an interagency mechanism to improve coordination of U.S. development programs with private sector investment activities.
Directs the President and Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to: (1) direct their respective policy and country teams to include private sector consultation in all country, sector, and global development strategies; and (2) ensure that independent analyses of constraints to growth are conducted as a component of all appropriate country, sector, and global development strategies.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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