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Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10906-10908) Bill TextA bill to reduce child marriage, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Introduced. International Child Marriage Prevention and Protection Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of State to develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce the incidences of child marriage by further integrating this issue into U.S. development efforts. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such strategy and on child marriage and related U.S. assistance programs. Authorizes the President to provide assistance for programs to reduce the incidences of child marriage and promote the empowerment of girls, including support for the treatment and reduction of fistula in countries with high rates of such surgery. Requires the Secretary to work through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other appropriate agencies as part of their ongoing research and data collection activities concerning child marriage. Requires the Secretary to include in the Department [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/26/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Bill TextA bill to establish a pilot program to provide low interest loans to nonprofit, community-based lending intermediaries, to provide midsize loans to small business concerns, and for other purposes. 3/26/2007--Introduced. Small Business Intermediary Lending Pilot Program Act of 2007 - Establishes a three-year small business intermediary lending pilot program under which the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) may make direct loans to eligible nonprofit lending intermediaries for the purpose of making fixed interest rate and mid-size loans ($35,000 to $200,000) to startup, newly-established, and growing small businesses. Authorizes the Administrator, under the program, to make one percent, 20-year loans of up to $1 million, on a competitive basis, to up to 20 lending intermediaries. Requires geographic diversity and representation of urban and rural communities under the program.
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Also tagged in: AIDS (Disease), Birth control, Child health, Child welfare, Childbirth, Children, Children's rights, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Clinics, Community organization, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional reporting requirements, Developing countries, Economic assistance, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Families, Finance, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Gynecology, Health education, Health policy, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Human rights, International affairs, Job training, Marriage, Maternal health services, Medical care, Medical centers, Medicine, Mortality, Saving and investment, Sex discrimination, Surgery, Vocational education, Women, Women in public life, Women's education, Women's health, Women's rights, World health
Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10906-10908) Bill TextA bill to reduce child marriage, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Introduced. International Child Marriage Prevention and Protection Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of State to develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce the incidences of child marriage by further integrating this issue into U.S. development efforts. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such strategy and on child marriage and related U.S. assistance programs. Authorizes the President to provide assistance for programs to reduce the incidences of child marriage and promote the empowerment of girls, including support for the treatment and reduction of fistula in countries with high rates of such surgery. Requires the Secretary to work through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other appropriate agencies as part of their ongoing research and data collection activities concerning child marriage. Requires the Secretary to include in the Department [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Business, Community development, Community development banking, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Depressed areas, Economic development, Economic policy, Finance, Government information, Government lending, Government paperwork, Indian economic development, Infrastructure, Job creation, Labor, Legislation, Minorities, Nonprofit organizations, Poverty, Rural affairs, Small business, Social services, Unemployment, Welfare
Latest Action: 03/26/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Bill TextA bill to establish a pilot program to provide low interest loans to nonprofit, community-based lending intermediaries, to provide midsize loans to small business concerns, and for other purposes. 3/26/2007--Introduced. Small Business Intermediary Lending Pilot Program Act of 2007 - Establishes a three-year small business intermediary lending pilot program under which the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) may make direct loans to eligible nonprofit lending intermediaries for the purpose of making fixed interest rate and mid-size loans ($35,000 to $200,000) to startup, newly-established, and growing small businesses. Authorizes the Administrator, under the program, to make one percent, 20-year loans of up to $1 million, on a competitive basis, to up to 20 lending intermediaries. Requires geographic diversity and representation of urban and rural communities under the program.
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