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Version 35 · Passed Senate amended · Nov 9, 2009
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) a highly knowledgeable individual should be nominated to serve as the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); (2) the Administrator should serve as the chief advocate for U.S. development capacity and strategy; (3) USAID must be empowered to be the primary U.S. development agency; (4) the Administrator should increase the total number of full-time Foreign Service Officers employed by USAID; and (5) the Administrator should submit a strategy to Congress that includes training and staffing plans, resource and statutory requirements, and a plan to prevent assistance funds from going to persons or organizations that advocate or engage in international terrorism.
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Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] · D–CT
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Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S11301)
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10372-10373)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10373)
Introduced in Senate
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