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S 2878 117th Congress Senate International Affairs

A bill to codify in statute the establishment of the Office of Global Women's Issues and the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 28, 2021 Introduced by: Hagerty, Bill Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Sep 28, 2021
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill provides funding through FY2026 and provides statutory authority for an office and related initiatives within the Department of State to advance U.S. foreign policy concerning the status of women and girls.

Specifically, the bill provides statutory authority for an Office of Global Women's Issues. The office, headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, must advise on foreign policy and international programs relating to equal opportunities for and the advancement of women and girls. Additionally, the bill provides statutory authority for the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, which promotes women in the workforce and otherwise supports economic advancement for women internationally.

The bill prohibits the office, ambassador, or initiative from using funding to lobby other countries to change their abortion laws or policies or include abortion as a programmatic requirement.

The State Department must report annually on the program, including compliance with the abortion-related funding restrictions.

What's happening now September 28, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Sep 28, 2021
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Sep 28, 2021
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Sep 28, 2021
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Sep 28, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2878: A bill to codify in statute the establishment of the Office of Global Women's Issues and the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2878/
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"S. 2878: A bill to codify in statute the establishment of the Office of Global Women's Issues and the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2878/.
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S. 2878, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2878/.
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[S. 2878: A bill to codify in statute the establishment of the Office of Global Women's Issues and the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2878/)
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