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H.R. 3104: Partnership Fund for Peace Act of 2019

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H.R. 3104: Partnership Fund for Peace Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-05 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. 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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What does this mean?

Official title

Partnership Fund for Peace Act of 2019

Plain summary

Partnership Fund for Peace Act of 2019 This bill requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish the Partnership Fund for Peace for promoting economic development in Palestine and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. Specifically, the bill directs the USAID to establish this fund to finance (1) small and medium-sized Palestinian entrepreneurs and companies in order to promote the private sector and create jobs in Palestinian territories, and (2) people-to-people peacebuilding programs that support reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis. An economic partnership, entrepreneur, or company requesting support from the fund must include a Palestinian entrepreneur or company as a partner. A people-to-people partnership requesting support from the fund must include a nonprofit organization that brings Palestinians and Israelis together for reconciliation or nonprofit organizations that further reconciliation between Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel.

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Official text

Partnership Fund for Peace Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] · 63 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Ron Estes (R-KS), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Don Bacon (R-NE), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Grace Meng (D-NY), William R. Timmons IV (R-SC), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Lois Frankel (D-FL), J. French Hill (R-AR), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Tom Cole (R-OK), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Darren Soto (D-FL), Bill Foster (D-IL) and 3 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3104 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116