Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004
Latest action · Dec 23, 2004 Became Public Law No: 108-484.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2004
- Passed HouseNov 20, 2004
- Passed SenateDec 8, 2004
- To the PresidentDec 16, 2004
- Became lawDec 23, 2004Public Law 108-484
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on November 20, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal existing microenterprise development grant authority and reestablish and revise it as a separate title, title VI - Microenterprise Development Assistance.
Authorizes microenterprise development grant assistance in developing countries for: (1) expanding credit, savings, and other financial services; (2) training, technical assistance, and business development services; (3) capacity-building; and (4) policy and regulatory programs at the country level that improve the environment for microenterprise institutions serving the poor and very poor.
Establishes the Office of Microenterprise Development within the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to be headed by a Director capable in both microenterprise development leadership and technical expertise. Requires assistance to emphasize the use of implementing partner organizations meeting high standards of efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability and that especially provide the greatest possible resources to the poor and very poor. Requires the Office, in order to ensure that grant assistance is distributed effectively and efficiently, to also seek to implement a program of central funding under which assistance is administered directly by the Office.
Targets 50 percent of microenterprise assistance for very poor clients (individuals living in the bottom 50 percent below a country's poverty level).
Requires the assistance monitoring system to meet certain performance standards.
Directs USAID, by April 1, 2005, to develop and certify for use at least two poverty measurement methods for partner organization use, which shall be used by such organizations no later than October 1, 2006.
(Sec. 4) Transfers to this title authority for the: (1) microenterprise and small enterprise development credit program; and (2) United States Microfinance Loan Facility.
(Sec. 6) Directs the Administrator to report annually on implementation of this title.
Defines specified terms.
Cosponsors 81
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 24, 2004 to Apr 2, 2004; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Feb 24, 2004 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Feb 24, 2004 |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Original | Feb 24, 2004 |
| D-TX | Chris Bell | Original | Feb 24, 2004 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Feb 24, 2004 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Feb 24, 2004 |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Original | Feb 24, 2004 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Feb 24, 2004 |
| R-IL | Henry J. Hyde | Original | Feb 24, 2004 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Feb 24, 2004 |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Original | Feb 24, 2004 |
| R-FL | Katherine Harris | Original | Feb 24, 2004 |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Original | Feb 24, 2004 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Feb 24, 2004 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Feb 24, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 24, 2004Markup Feb 25, 2004Reported Apr 2, 2004 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 23, 2004Signed by President.
- Dec 23, 2004Became Public Law No: 108-484.
- Dec 16, 2004Presented to President.
- Dec 9, 2004Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 8, 2004Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12018)
- Nov 20, 2004Mr. Smith (NJ) asked unanimous consent to discharge the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and consider.
- Nov 20, 2004Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10211-10217; text of measure as reported in House: CR H10211-10214)
- Nov 20, 2004Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
- Nov 20, 2004Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Nov 20, 2004Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Apr 2, 2004Reported (Amended) by the Committee on International Relations. H. Rept. 108-459.
- Apr 2, 2004Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 262.
- Feb 25, 2004Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 25, 2004Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Feb 24, 2004Introduced in House
- Feb 24, 2004Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S12018 | William H. Frist R-TN | Dec 8, 2004 |
| House | Debate and remarks H10211–H10217Text printed H10211, H10214–H10216Amendments H10214 | Charles B. Rangel D-NY, Christopher H. Smith R-NJ (amendment) | Nov 20, 2004 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Mar 4, 2004H.R. 3818, Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on February 25, 2004</p>
- Mar 4, 2004H.R. 3818, Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on February 25, 2004
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47007 | Economic Growth Approaches in U.S. Foreign Assistance | Report | Jan 12, 2022 |
| R44117 | U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): Background, Operations, and Issues Archived | Report | Jul 21, 2015 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 812 | Amendment in the nature of a substitute. | Christopher H. Smith R-NJ | On agreeing to the Smith (NJ) amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection. |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3027 | Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004 | Related bill | Nov 24, 2004 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to improve the results and accountability of microenterprise development assistance programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Business education
- Charities
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cooperative societies
- Credit
- Credit unions
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crimes against women
- Developing countries
- Development credit institutions
- Economic assistance
- Economic development
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic government information
- Entrepreneurs
- Executive reorganization
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Financial services
- Foreign banks and banking
- Foreign loans
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- Loans
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Nonprofit organizations
- Performance measurement
- Poverty
- Prostitution
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public-private partnerships
- Saving and investment
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Slavery
- Small business
- Social Welfare
- Sustainable development
- U.S. Agency for International Development
- Victims of crimes
- Women
- Women in business
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Nov 20, 2004Engrossed in House
- Nov 20, 2004Received in Senate
- Apr 2, 2004Reported in House
- Feb 24, 2004Introduced in House
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