Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund Act
Latest action · Nov 19, 2010 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652.
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.
- IntroducedJul 29, 2010
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund Act - Authorizes the President to designate a private, nonprofit organization based in Pakistan (the Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund) to receive funds and support to promote and strengthen the private sector in Pakistan.
States that the grant agreement between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Fund shall require the Fund to: (1) liquidate its assets and dissolve not later than December 31, 2020, unless USAID determines after congressional consultation that the Fund should be extended; and (2) prevent funds from being used for money laundering and terrorist financing.
Requires: (1) an annual Fund report to Congress; and (2) a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to Congress every three years regarding Fund activities.
Urges the Fund's Board of Directors to adopt the best practices and procedures used by Enterprise Funds, including those for which funding has been made available pursuant to the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2010 to Sep 16, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Jul 29, 2010 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Sep 16, 2010 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jul 29, 2010Markup Sep 21, 2010Reported Nov 19, 2010 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2010Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry without amendment. With written report No. 111-353.
- Nov 19, 2010Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652.
- Sep 21, 2010Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jul 29, 2010Introduced in Senate
- Jul 29, 2010Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6521-6522)
- Jul 29, 2010Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6521 | Richard G. Lugar R-IN | Jul 29, 2010 |
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
- Nov 16, 2010S. 3665, Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 21, 2010</p>
- Nov 16, 2010S. 3665, Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 21, 2010
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to promote the strengthening of the private sector in Pakistan.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Asia
- Business investment and capital
- Congressional oversight
- Corporate finance and management
- Economic development
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign loans and debt
- International Affairs
- Pakistan
- Small business
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2010Reported to Senate
- Jul 29, 2010Introduced in Senate
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.
