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H.R. 3398: Girls Count Act of 2014

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H.R. 3398: Girls Count Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2013-10-30 · International Affairs · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-10-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and 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

Girls Count Act of 2014

Plain summary

Girls Count Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to: support programs that will contribute to improved civil registration and vital statistics systems with a focus on birth registration; promote programs that build the capacity of developing countries' national and local legal and policy frameworks to prevent discrimination against girls, and help increase property rights, social security, land tenure, and inheritance rights for women; and assist government ministries of developing countries to ensure that poor girls obtain equitable access to social programs. Directs the Secretary to coordinate with multilateral organizations to work with countries to enact laws that collect data on girls and establish registration and identification laws to ensure that girls participate in the social, economic, legal and political sectors of their countries. Urges the Secretary and the Administrator to work with U.S., international, and local private sector and civil society organizations to advocate for the registration and documentation of all girls and boys in developing countries to prevent exploitation, violence, and other abuses. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator to include in reports to Congress information regarding: (1) U.S. foreign and development assistance beneficiaries by age, gender, marital status, location, and school enrollment status; and (2) how U.S. foreign and development assistance benefits girls. Sunsets this Act five years after its enactment.

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Official text

Girls Count Act of 2014

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] · 56 cosponsors

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Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Mark Takano (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Ami Bera (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), William R. Keating (D-MA), Adam Smith (D-WA)

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Record fed-us-cong113-hr3398 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113