International Women's Freedom Act of 2009
Latest action · Mar 16, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
International Women's Freedom Act of 2009 - Establishes within the Department of State an Office of International Women's Rights to be headed by an Ambassador at Large for International Women's Rights.
Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) establish a women's rights Internet site; and (2) maintain prisoner lists and issue briefs on women's rights concerns.
Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to include instruction on the internationally recognized rights of women and the various aspects and manifestations of violations of women's rights in Foreign Service officer training.
Establishes the United States Commission on International Women's Rights. (Terminates the Commission 12 years after the date of the initial appointment of its members.)
Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to express the sense of Congress that there should be within the National Security Council (NSC) staff a Special Adviser to the President on International Women's Rights.
Directs the President to take specified actions in response to women's rights violations, including actions in response to particularly severe rights violations.
Provides for prohibition of economic, multilateral, military, and export assistance in instances of particularly severe women's rights violations.
Provides for the promotion of women's rights.
Provides for women's rights-related training with respect to refugee, asylum, and consular matters.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the inadmissibility of foreign government officials who have engaged in particularly severe women's rights violations.
Expresses the sense of Congress that transnational corporations operating overseas should adopt codes of conduct upholding the rights of their female employees.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2009 to Mar 3, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Original | Jan 16, 2009 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Mar 3, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Mar 3, 2009 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Mar 10, 2009 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Mar 25, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | May 4, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | May 4, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | May 4, 2009 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | May 4, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | May 7, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 18, 2009 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | May 19, 2009 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 31, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Dec 2, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 3, 2010 |
Committees 3
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 Jan 16, 2009 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jan 16, 2009 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 16, 2009 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Mar 16, 2009 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Jan 16, 2009Introduced in House
- Jan 16, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E109)
- Jan 16, 2009Referred to House Foreign Affairs
- Jan 16, 2009Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E109 | Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY | Jan 16, 2009 |
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RS20803 | Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations: An Overview Archived | Report | Apr 16, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 230 | International Women's Freedom Act of 2009 | Related bill | Jan 13, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To express United States foreign policy with respect to, and to strengthen United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted and denied their rights in foreign countries on account of gender, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- International Women's Freedom Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Advisory bodies
- Business ethics
- Department of State
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Executive Office of the President
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government information and archives
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Sanctions
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Trade restrictions
- U.S. and foreign investments
- Women's rights
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
