Congress 107 - SCONRES 53 - Hunger to Harvest: Decade of Support for Sub-Saharan Africa Resolution

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Hunger to Harvest: Decade of Support for Sub-Saharan Africa Resolution - Calls for: (1) the years 2002 through 2012 to be declared "A Decade of Support for Sub-Saharan Africa"; (2) the President to submit to Congress a five-year strategy and a ten-year strategy to achieve a reversal of current levels of hunger and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, including a commitment to contribute an appropriate U.S. share of increased bilateral and multilateral poverty-focused resources for that region; (3) the President to work with the heads of other donor countries and sub-Saharan African countries, and with U.S. and sub-Saharan African private and voluntary organizations and other civic organizations, to implement such strategies; (4) Congress to undertake a multi-year commitment to provide the resources to implement those strategies; and (5) the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development to submit to Congress a report on the implementation of those strategies.

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Jul 19, 2001

Held at the desk.
Jul 19, 2001

Received in the House.
Jul 19, 2001

Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 18, 2001

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7887-7889; text as passed Senate: CR H7888-7889)
Jul 18, 2001

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7887-7889; text as passed Senate: CR H7888-7889)
Jul 12, 2001

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 86.
Jul 12, 2001

Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden without amendment. Without written report.
Jul 12, 2001

Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jun 21, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6620-6621)
Jun 21, 2001

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6621)
Jun 21, 2001

Introduced in Senate

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