Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018
Latest action · Aug 22, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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.
- IntroducedAug 22, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018
This bill directs the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to submit to Congress: (1) a 10-year Global Initiative to Reduce Fragility and Violence aimed at reducing and addressing the causes of violence, instability, and fragility in at least six priority countries; and (2) a related implementing strategy.
Funds made available in any Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for priority countries may be used to support this initiative and individual priority country plans.
The Government Accountability Office shall review U.S. assistance activities in each priority country.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Aug 22, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Aug 22, 2018 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Aug 22, 2018 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Aug 22, 2018 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Aug 22, 2018 |
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 Aug 22, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 22, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Aug 22, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-737 | ROUNDTABLE ON SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH PLANS45 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Jan 30, 2018 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5273 | Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018 | Related bill | Nov 28, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reduce global fragility and violence by improving the capacity of the United States to reduce and address the causes of violence, instability, and fragility, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Appropriations
- Conflicts and wars
- Congressional oversight
- Crimes against children
- Crimes against women
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Economic development
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government studies and investigations
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Multilateral development programs
- Organized crime
- Performance measurement
- Political movements and philosophies
- Public-private cooperation
- Reconstruction and stabilization
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Research and development
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Terrorism
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 22, 2018Introduced 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.
