Bill Sponsor
House Bill 7055
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Keeping Girls in School Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Oct 9, 2018
Overview
Text
Introduced
Oct 9, 2018
Latest Action
Oct 9, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
7055
Congress
115
Policy Area
International Affairs
International Affairs
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Florida
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California
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California
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New York
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New York
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New York
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Pennsylvania
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Keeping Girls in School Act

This bill authorizes the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to enter into acquisition, assistance, or financing agreements to address societal, cultural, health, and other barriers that adolescent girls face in accessing quality secondary education.

USAID's Senior Coordinators for International Basic Education Assistance and Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment and the State Department's Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues shall oversee all U.S. resources and activities relating to educational opportunities for adolescent girls.

The bill requires USAID to seek to ensure program adherence to monitoring, evaluation, and data requirements and gender equality guidance.

The Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues shall review, update, submit to Congress, and make publicly available a U.S. global strategy to empower adolescent girls. The U.S. Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls, issued in March 2016, shall be deemed to fulfill such requirement.

Text (1)
October 9, 2018
Actions (2)
10/09/2018
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
10/09/2018
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
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