Keeping Girls in School Act
Latest action · Jan 30, 2020 Received in the Senate and 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.
- IntroducedApr 9, 2019
- Passed HouseJan 28, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Keeping Girls in School Act
This bill authorizes the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to enter into acquisition, assistance, or financing agreements to address societal, cultural, health, and other barriers that adolescent girls face in accessing quality secondary education.
The USAID shall seek to ensure that such activities meet various requirements related to monitoring and evaluating outcomes, collecting data, and adhering to gender-equality promotion policies.
The Department of State shall periodically update and report to Congress a publicly available U.S. global strategy to empower adolescent girls. The U.S. Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls, issued in March 2016, may serve as the initial version of the strategy. The USAID shall periodically report to Congress on the activities initiated under this bill and efforts to monitor and evaluate such activities.
Cosponsors 116
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 9, 2019 to Jan 28, 2020; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Apr 9, 2019 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Apr 9, 2019 |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Original | Apr 9, 2019 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Apr 9, 2019 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | Apr 9, 2019 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Apr 9, 2019 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Apr 9, 2019 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Apr 9, 2019 |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Original | Apr 9, 2019 |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | May 7, 2019 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | May 9, 2019 | |
| R-NY | Lee M. Zeldin | May 9, 2019 |
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 Apr 9, 2019Markup Oct 30, 2019 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2020 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Jan 28, 2020Mr. Phillips moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jan 28, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H601-605)
- Jan 28, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2153.
- Jan 28, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H601-602)
- Jan 28, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Oct 30, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 30, 2019Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Apr 9, 2019Introduced in House
- Apr 9, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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 H601–H605Text printed H601 | Brian K. Fitzpatrick R-PA, Chrissy Houlahan D-PA, Dean Phillips D-MN, Lois Frankel D-FL, Michael T. McCaul R-TX, Michael Waltz R-FL, Susan W. Brooks R-IN | Jan 28, 2020 |
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
- Dec 5, 2019H.R. 2153, Keeping Girls in School ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on October 30, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 61, April 9, 2019, page H3218.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-76 | MARKUP OF H.R. 2153, H.Res. 189, H.Res. 230, H.R. 1771, H.Res. 410, H.Res. 349, H.R. 4754, S. 178, H.Res. 585, H.R. 554, H.R. 2881, H.R. 3763, H.Res. 446, H.R. 1819, H.R. 4802, H.R. 4862, H.Res. 649, H.Res. 546198 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Oct 30, 2019 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44676 | Foreign Assistance and the Education Sector: Programs and Priorities | Report | Jul 1, 2021 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1071 | Keeping Girls in School Act | Identical bill | Apr 9, 2019 |
| HR 7055 | Keeping Girls in School Act | Reintroduction of | Oct 9, 2018 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To support empowerment, economic security, and educational opportunities for adolescent girls around the world, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Keeping Girls in School Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Keeping Girls in School Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Keeping Girls in School Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Child health
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Economic development
- Elementary and secondary education
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government information and archives
- HIV/AIDS
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- Marriage and family status
- Nutrition and diet
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Women's education
- Women's employment
- Women's health
- Women's rights
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2020Referred in Senate
- Jan 28, 2020Engrossed in House
- Apr 9, 2019Introduced 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.
