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S 120 113th Congress Senate International Affairs Area studies and international education Asia Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Foreign aid and international relief Higher education Human rights International exchange and broadcasting Pakistan Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Student aid and college costs Women's education Women's rights

Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act

Introduced: January 23, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Oct 10, 2013
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 217.
Oct 10, 2013
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Sep 17, 2013
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jan 23, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jan 23, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) education and freedom from discrimination are fundamental human rights, and (2) educational exchanges increase people-to-people ties and promote institutional linkages between this country and other countries.

Encourages the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to continue to support Pakistani education initiatives, especially those for women.

Directs the USAID Administrator to increase the number of scholarships available under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program (Program) during each fiscal year from FY2013-FY2016 by 30% compared to the number of scholarships awarded during FY2012.

Requires all the additional scholarships to be awarded to Pakistani women. Directs the USAID Administrator to make every effort to award 50% of the other scholarships available under the Program to Pakistani women.

What's happening now October 10, 2013

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 217.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3583 Related bill Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Sep 18, 2013
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Sep 17, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 120: Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-120/
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"S. 120: Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-120/.
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