H.R. 4660: To amend the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to extend the authority to provide assistance to countries seeking to become eligible countries for purposes of that Act.
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H.R. 4660: To amend the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to extend the authority to provide assistance to countries seeking to become eligible countries for purposes of that Act.
108th Congress · introduced 2004-06-23 · International Affairs · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2004-06-23 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
To amend the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to extend the authority to provide assistance to countries seeking to become eligible countries for purposes of that Act.
Plain summary
Amends the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to repeal the FY 2004 funding limitation for the "threshold program," which assists a candidate low-income country to become eligible to enter into an economic development Millennium Challenge Compact with the United States. (Matches "threshold program" duration with the Compact program.)
Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
To amend the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to extend the authority to provide assistance to countries seeking to become eligible countries for purposes of that Act.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Sponsor: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] · 20 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4660, A bill to amend the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to extend the authority to provide assistance to countries seeking to become eligible countries for purposes of that act (2004-07-01); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4660, A bill to amend the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to extend the authority to provide assistance to countries seeking to become eligible countries for purposes of that act (2004-07-01)
Cosponsors on this site
Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN)
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- Fiscal year
- The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr4660.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>
Record fed-us-cong108-hr4660 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108