Poverty Alleviation
H.R. 6087: International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2012
H.R.6087 recognizes that child marriage deprives girls of dignity and human rights, and moves develops a multi-year plan for the prevention of child marriage. This strategy targets the unique vulnerabilities associated with girls under 18 in developing countries (especially in countries in which 40 or more percent of girls under 18 are married), with diplomatic and programmatic initiatives. These include, among some listed initiatives: support for primary and secondary education, efforts to ensure safety and well-being in school (access to water, feminine hygiene, safe travel, etc), assistance to families for financial literacy and economic opportunity, and other community-based programs to address the need to change child marriage practices.
H.R.6087 was introduced on July 9, 2012 by Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN4] with 18 cosponsors, including Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA7], and was referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
H.R.6178: Economic Growth and Development Act
H.R.6178 creates an interagency mechanism to further to coordinate United States development policy and private sector investments, and aims to further integrate private sector consultation in program planning and resource allocation. It also ensures that constraints of economic growth, including infrastructure, tax codes and regulation, are analyzed on a country, regional and global scale for policy planning.
H.R.6178 was introduced on July 24, 2012 by Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH] with 7 cosponsors, including Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA9] and was referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
H.R. 4141: International Food Assistance Improvement Act of 2012
H.R. 4141 directs the Administrator of USAID to take appropriate actions to improve the nutritional quality, quality control, and cost effectiveness of United States food assistance, and for other purposes
Introduced and referred to the House Foreign Affairs and Agriculture Committees on March 5, 2012. Ordered to be reported (a.k.a. amended) by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on March 27, 2012. 15 co-sponsors.
H.R. 2055, Sec. 7062 (h): Water
FY 2012: Appropriates $315 million for water and sanitation supply projects pursuant to the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121).
President Obama signed H.R. 2055 into law on December 23, 2011.
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FY 2013: On May 8, 2012, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations approved a budget for FY 2013 that appropriates $315 million (the same as FY 2012) for programs for water and sanitation supply projects pursuant to the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 [PDF].
H.R. 2055, Sec. 7062 (e): Microenterprise and Microfinance
FY 2012: Appropriates $265 million for microfinance and microenterprise development programs for the poor, especially poor women.
President Obama signed H.R. 2055 into law on December 23, 2011.
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FY 2013: On May 8, 2012, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations approved a budget for FY 2013 that appropriates $265 million (the same as FY 2012) for microfinance and microenterprise development programs for the poor, especially poor women [PDF].
H.R. 2055, Sec. 7062 (b): Development Grants Program
FY 2012: Allocates $45 million of the funds appropriated by Title III of H.R. 2055 to support grants of not more than $2 million to small NGOs (primarily for unsolicited proposals).
President Obama signed H.R. 2055 into law on December 23, 2011.
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FY 2013: On May 8, 2012, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations approved a budget for FY 2013 that makes no mention whatsoever of the Development Grants Program [PDF].
H.R. 2055, Sec. 7060: Programs to Promote Gender Equality
Expresses the Congress’s desire that U.S. agencies support programs to improve the status, opportunities, property rights, access to capital, and economic decision-making power of women in countries receiving bilateral U.S. economic assistance. It also recommends including gender considerations in the planning, assessment, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of such programs.
President Obama signed H.R. 2055 into law on December 23, 2011.
H.R. 2055, Title V: Multilateral Assistance – International Organizations and Programs
FY 2012: Appropriates $2.622 billion for multilateral assistance to international financial institutions (IFIs) for FY 2012 – a major increase from the $1.948 billion figure from FY 2011.
President Obama signed H.R. 2055 into law on December 23, 2011.
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FY 2013: On May 8, 2012, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations approved a budget for FY 2013 (see below for details) [PDF].
Total IFI Assistance: FY 2011: $1.948 billion | FY 2012: $2.622 billion | FY 2013 (request): $2.625 billion [small increase] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $1.961 billion [25% less that both FY 2012 levels and the administration's FY 2013 request]
Global Environment Facility (GEF): FY 2011: $ 89.8 million | FY 2012: $89.8 million | FY 2013 (request) $129.4 million [substantial increase] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $64.7 million [only 1/2 of what the administration requested]
Clean Technology Fund: FY 2011: $ 184.6 million | FY 2012: $184.6 million | FY 2013 (request): $185 million [negligible increase] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $0 [complete elimination of the program]
Strategic Climate Fund: FY 2011: $49.9 million | FY 2012: $49.9 million | FY 2013 (request): $50 million [substantial increase] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $0 [complete elimination of the program]
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: FY 2011: $117.36 million | FY 2012: $117.36 million | FY 2013 (request): $186.96 [substantial increase] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $58.7 million [less than 1/3 of the administration's request]
International Development Association: FY 2011: $1.233 billion | FY 2012: $1.325 billion | FY 2013 (request): $1.359 billion [substantial increase] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $1.325 billion [the same as the administration's request]
Inter-American Development Bank: FY 2011: $75 million | FY 2012: $75 million | FY 2013 (request): $102 million [substantial increase] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $51.0 million [only 1/2 of the administration's request]
Inter-American Investment Corporation: FY 2011: $20.96 million | FY 2012: $4.67 million | FY 2013 (request): $0.00 (nothing) [complete elimination of the program] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $0 [complete elimination of the program - just as the administration requested]
Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund: FY 2011: $24.95 million | FY 2012: $25 million | FY 2013 (request): $0.00 (nothing) [complete elimination of the program] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $0 [complete elimination of the program - just as the administration requested]
Asian Development Fund: FY 2011: $0.00 (nothing) | FY 2012: $100 million | FY 2013 (request): $115.25 million [substantial increase] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $100.0 million [same as FY 2012, 13% less than administration's request]
Asian Development Bank: FY 2011: $106.37 | FY 2012: $106.59 million | FY 2013 (request): $106.80 million [negligible increase] FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $53.29 million [less than 1/2 of what the administration requested]
African Development Bank: FY 2011: $32.42 million | FY 2012: $32.42 million | FY 2013 (request): $32.42 million [no change] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $16.2 million [only 1/2 of what the administration requested]
African Development Fund: FY 2011: $109.78 million | FY 2012: $172.5 million | FY 2013 (request): $195 million [substantial increase] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $172.5 million [same as FY 2012, 12% less than what the administration requested]
Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative: FY 2011: $0.00 (nothing) | FY 2012: $174.5 million | FY 2013 (request): $0.00 (nothing) [complete elimination of the $174.5 million program] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $0 [complete elimination of the program - as the administration requested]
European Bank of Reconstruction and Development: FY 2011: $0.00 (nothing) | FY 2012: $0.00 (nothing) | FY 2013 (request): $0.00 (nothing) [no change] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $0 [still defunct]
International Fund for Agricultural Development: FY 2011: $29.44 million | FY 2012: $30 million | FY 2013 (request): $30 million [no change] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $19.85 million [1/3 less than what the administration requested]
Global Agriculture and Food Security Program: FY 2011: $99.8 million | FY 2012: $135 million | FY 2013 (request): $134 million [slight cut] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $99.8 million [1/3 less than what the administration requested]
H.R. 2055, Title III: Bilateral Economic Assistance – Inter-American and African Development Foundations
FY 2012: Appropriates $22.5 million for the Inter-American Foundation and $30 million (to remain available until September 30, 2013) for the African Development Foundation.
President Obama signed H.R. 2055 into law on December 23, 2011.
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FY 2013: On May 8, 2012, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations approved a budget for FY 2013 whose appropriations of $18.1 million for the Inter-American Foundation and $24 million for the African Development Foundation exactly match the Obama Administration’s requests [PDF].
Inter-American Development Foundation: FY 2011: $ 22.5 million | FY 2012: $22.5 million | FY 2013 (request) $18.1 million [substantial cut] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $18.1 million [same as administration's request]
African Development Foundation: FY 2011: $ 29.4 million | FY 2012: $30 million | FY 2013 (request) $24 million [substantial cut] | FY 2013 (House Subcommittee): $24 million [same as administration's request]
H.R. 2055, Title III: Bilateral Economic Assistance – Millennium Challenge Corporation
FY 2012: Appropriates $898.2 million (to remain available until expended) to carry out the provisions of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 ($105 million of which may fund the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s administrative expenses).
President Obama signed H.R. 2055 into law on December 23, 2011.
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FY 2013: On May 8, 2012, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations approved a budget for FY 2013 that appropriates $898.2 million (the same as FY 2012) for the Millennium Challenge Corporation [PDF].
Millennium Challenge Corporation: FY 2011: $898.2 million | FY 2012: $898.2 million | FY 2013 (request): $898.2 million [no change]
H.R. 2055, Title III: Bilateral Economic Assistance – Transition Initiatives
FY 2012: Appropriates $50.1 million plus another $6.6 million in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds for USAID’s Transitions Initiative (TI) to support long-term development and transitions to democracy in countries in crisis.
President Obama signed H.R. 2055 into law on December 23, 2011
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FY 2013: The Obama Administration requested $57.6 million for USAID’s Transitions Initiative (TI) for FY 2013. On May 8, 2012, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations approved a budget that appropriates $56.7 (the same as FY 2012 and 1.5% less than the Administration’s request).
Transitions Initiative: FY 2011: $54.9 million | FY 2012: $56.7 million | FY 2013 (request): $57.6 million [small increase]
H.R. 3771: Haiti Empowerment, Assistance, and Rebuilding Act of 2012
H.R. 3771 states that it is U.S. policy, in partnership with the government of Haiti and in coordination with the international community, to support the sustainable recovery and rebuilding of Haiti. Directs USAID to submit to Congress a multi-year strategy to provide assistance in support of Haiti’s reconstruction.
Introduced by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on January 13, 2012. 15 co-sponsors (all Democrats).
