US Congress Senate Bill 120 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-10-10 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 217.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) every individual, regardless of gender, should have the opportunity to pursue an education free from the fear of discrimination; and (2) educational exchanges increase people-to-people ties and promote institutional linkages between this country and other countries. Encourages the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to continue to support Pakistani education initiatives, especially those for women. Directs the USAID Administrator to increase the number of scholarships to women under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program (Program) during each of calendar years 2013 through 2015 over the level awarded to women in calendar year 2011. (The Program awards scholarships for university study to academically talented, financially needy Pakistani students.) Requires the additional scholarships to be awarded: (1) in accordance with existing scholarship criteria, and (2) for a range of disciplines to improve the employability of graduates and to meet the needs of the scholarship recipients. Directs the USAID Administrator to make every effort to award 50% of the scholarships available under the Program to Pakistani women. Directs the USAID Administrator to designate appropriate USAID officials to provide Congress with briefings on the implementation of these Program requirements. Makes specified appropriations for foreign assistance to Pakistan that remain unobligated on the date of this Act's enactment available for the additional scholarships authorized by this Act.

Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act

Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-10-10	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 217.
2013-10-10	Senate	Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
2013-09-17	Senate	Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2013-01-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

HB3583 (Related) 2014-11-20 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 603.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/120/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s120/BILLS-113s120is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s120/BILLS-113s120rs.pdf