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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Oct 17, 2017
African Growth and Opportunity Act and Millennium Challenge Act Modernization Act or the AGOA and MCA Modernization Act
This bill directs the President to establish a website for the collection and dissemination of information regarding the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
The Department of State is urged to encourage eligible sub-Saharan African countries to use AGOA benefits.
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The President is urged to:
facilitate trans-boundary trade among eligible sub-Saharan African countries;
provide AGOA benefits training for business and government trade officials;
provide capacity building for African entrepreneurs and trade associations on production strategies, quality standards, and market development; and
provide capacity building training.
The Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 is amended to permit an eligible country that has entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact to enter into one additional compact.
The bill establishes new assistance criteria for a low-income or a lower-middle-income candidate country to enter into a compact with the United States.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation shall: (1) before selecting a compact country, provide the Board of Directors with information regarding the country's treatment of civil society; and (2) assess the feasibility of developing subnational partnerships.
People & committees
Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · D–MD
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 246.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
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