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114th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Advanced technology and technological innovations
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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
World health
Global Development Lab Act of 2016
Introduced: March 3, 2016
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Mar 3, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Mar 3, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Global Development Lab Act of 2016
This bill establishes in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) the United States Global Development Lab, whose duties shall include:
- increasing the application of science, technology, innovation and partnerships to develop new solutions to end extreme poverty;
- discovering and testing development innovations to increase cost effectiveness and support U.S. foreign policy and development goals;
- leveraging the expertise, resources, and investment of businesses, nongovernmental organizations, science and research organizations, and universities to increase program impact and sustainability;
- utilizing innovation-driven competitions to expand the number and diversity of solutions to development challenges; and
- supporting USAID missions and bureaus in applying science, technology, innovation, and partnership approaches to decision making, procurement, and program design.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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