Education for All Act of 2016
Latest action · Dec 7, 2016 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 712.
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 4, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 7, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Education for All Act of 2016
This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to state that it is U.S. policy to work with partner countries and international and civil society organizations to achieve sustainable quality universal basic education by: (1) strengthening educational systems; (2) assisting developing countries to improve literacy, numeracy, and other basic skills; and (3) promoting education as the foundation for community development.
The President shall ensure that: (1) assistance is aligned with U.S. foreign policy and economic interests; and (2) priority is given to developing countries in which there is the greatest need and opportunity to expand universal access and improve learning outcomes and in which the assistance can produce a substantial impact on children, women, and vulnerable populations.
The President shall: (1) submit to Congress by October 1, 2017, a comprehensive U.S. strategy to be carried out during FY2018 through FY2022 to promote quality basic education in partner countries; and (2) submit annual implementation reports.
The bill establishes within the United States Agency for International Development a Senior Coordinator of United States International Basic Education Assistance, who shall have primary responsibility for the oversight and coordination of U.S. resources and activities relating to the promotion of international basic education programs and activities.
Cosponsors 42
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2016 to Sep 7, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | Feb 4, 2016 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Feb 11, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 11, 2016 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Feb 25, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Feb 25, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Mar 15, 2016 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 15, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Mar 15, 2016 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Mar 23, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Mar 23, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Mar 23, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Apr 18, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | May 16, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jun 8, 2016 | |
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Jun 8, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Jun 14, 2016 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jun 15, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Jul 5, 2016 | |
| D-NE | Brad Ashford | Jul 5, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jul 5, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Jul 5, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jul 5, 2016 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Jul 5, 2016 | |
| R-FL | David W. Jolly | Jul 7, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jul 7, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jul 21, 2016 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Thomas J. Rooney | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Sep 7, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Sep 7, 2016 |
Committees 2
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 4, 2016Markup Jul 14, 2016 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Sep 8, 2016Markup Dec 6, 2016Reported Dec 7, 2016 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2016Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Dec 7, 2016Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 712.
- Dec 6, 2016Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Sep 8, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Sep 7, 2016Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5142–H5146Text printed H5142–H5144 | Edward R. Royce R-CA, Eliot L. Engel D-NY, Nita M. Lowey D-NY | Sep 7, 2016 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 30, 2016H.R. 4481, Education for All Act of 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 14, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 21, February 4, 2016, page H591.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-207 | VARIOUS MEASURES265 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Jul 14, 2016 |
| S. Hrg. 114-746 | BARRIERS TO EDUCATION GLOBALLY: GETTING GIRLS IN THE CLASSROOM57 pages | Foreign Relations Committee | Jun 15, 2016 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3256 | Education for All Act of 2016 | Related bill | Jul 14, 2016 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality basic education and to establish the goal of all children in school and learning as an objective of the United States foreign assistance policy, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Education for All Act of 2016
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Education for All Act of 2016
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Education for All Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Child safety and welfare
- Community life and organization
- Conflicts and wars
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Elementary and secondary education
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Women's education
- Women's rights
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2016Reported to Senate
- Sep 8, 2016Referred in Senate
- Sep 7, 2016Engrossed in House
- Feb 4, 2016Introduced 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.
