Global Poverty Act

Global Poverty Act

The Global Poverty Act is a bill currently in the U.S. Congress. The bill is co-sponsored by 84 representatives and 30 senators. It does not allocate any funding.

The Global Poverty Act would require the U.S. President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day.

Several key organizations have been lobbying for the Global Poverty Act, including Bread for the World, The Borgen Project, RESULTS and the National Wildlife Federation.Fact|date=August 2008 The bill passed the Foreign Affairs Committee in July.

Timeline

*Mar 1, 2007: Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressman Adam Smith.
*Jul 31, 2007: Scheduled for debate in the House.
*Sep 25, 2007: Passed in the House of Representatives by voice vote.
*Sep 26, 2007: Received in the Senate and read twice; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
*Feb 13, 2008: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
* Apr 24 2008: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden with amendments and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 110-331. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders.

External links

* [http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.1302: Read the bill]
* [http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR01302:@@@P View Cosponsors]

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