S. 2509: New Partnerships Initiative Authorization Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-07-28 · International Affairs · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5143-5144)

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-07-28 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

New Partnerships Initiative Authorization Act

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New Partnerships Initiative Authorization Act This bill provides statutory authority for the New Partnerships Initiative within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The initiative aims to diversify the USAID's partner base by creating avenues for new, underutilized, and local partners to work with, and access funding from, the USAID. The bill defines new partner as a nonprofit that has not received USAID funding as a prime partner in the past five years, underutilized partner as a nonprofit that has received less than $25 million in direct or indirect awards from the USAID in the past five years, and local partner as a local entity or locally established partner of a U.S.-based nonprofit. The USAID must annually report to Congress on funding awarded to new, underutilized, and local partners.

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New Partnerships Initiative Authorization Act

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Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] · 2 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] reported raising $903,436 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Ballot initiative: A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Statute: A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s2509.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s2509 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117