H.R. 3583: Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-11-21 · International Affairs · Latest: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 603.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-11-21 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 603. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act

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Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act - (Sec. 3) 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; (2) educational exchanges promote institutional linkages between the United States and Pakistan; and (3) recipients of scholarships under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program (Program) should commit to improving their local communities. (The Program awards scholarships for university study to academically talented, financially needy Pakistani students.) Encourages the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to continue to support Pakistani education initiatives, especially those for women. (Sec. 4) Directs the USAID Administrator to award at least 50% of the scholarships available under the Program to women for each of calendar years 2014-2016. Requires the 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: (1) make every effort to award 50% of the scholarships available under the Program to Pakistani women; and (2) consult with, and leverage investments by, the Pakistani private sector and Pakistani diaspora communities in the United States to improve, expand, and sustain education programs in Pakistan. (Sec. 5) Requires the USAID to brief Congress, annually for the next four years, on the implementation of this Act's requirements, including specified information regarding Program scholarships.

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Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27] · 13 cosponsors

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr3583.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3583 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113