H.R. 4877: M-CORE Act
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H.R. 4877: M-CORE Act
113th Congress · introduced 2014-06-17 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2014-06-17 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
M-CORE Act
Plain summary
Millennium Compacts for Regional Economic Integration Act or M-CORE Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to expand the Millennium Challenge Corporation's ability to develop compacts with nations, particularly in Africa, that promote regional economic integration and cross-border collaborations. Amends the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to provide that an eligible country and the United States may enter into and have in effect more than one Compact at any given time, including a concurrent Compact for purposes of regional economic integration or cross-border collaborations, only if the country is making demonstrable progress in implementing the terms of existing Compacts.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] · 3 cosponsors
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Adam Smith (D-WA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr4877.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr4877 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113