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S 2509 117th Congress Senate International Affairs

New Partnerships Initiative Authorization Act

Introduced: July 28, 2021 Introduced by: Kaine, Tim Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5143-5144)
Jul 28, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

New Partnerships Initiative Authorization Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the New Partnerships Initiative within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

The initiative aims to diversify the USAID's partner base by creating avenues for new, underutilized, and local partners to work with, and access funding from, the USAID. The bill defines

  • new partner as a nonprofit that has not received USAID funding as a prime partner in the past five years,
  • underutilized partner as a nonprofit that has received less than $25 million in direct or indirect awards from the USAID in the past five years, and
  • local partner as a local entity or locally established partner of a U.S.-based nonprofit.

The USAID must annually report to Congress on funding awarded to new, underutilized, and local partners.

What's happening now July 28, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5143-5144)

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