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Introduced Session

A bill to develop and implement policies to advance early childhood development, to provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries, and for other purposes. This bill reauthorizes for FY2020-FY2025 programs to provide assistance to orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries. The bill also requires the U.S. Agency for International Development to direct relevant executive branch agencies to incorporate early childhood development into current programs and promote inclusive early childhood development in partner countries. Such actions to promote early childhood development shall build on existing U.S. plans and strategies and aim to (1) prevent unnecessary family-child separation, (2) assist families with children with disabilities, and (3) help countries transition from child care protection systems that rely on residential care (such as orphanages and children's homes) to ones focused on family-based care.

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Roy Blunt (R)*,  John Boozman (R),  Mike Braun (R),  Sherrod Brown (D),  Maria Cantwell (D),  Ben Cardin (D),  Bob Casey (D),  Susan Collins (R),  Chris Coons (D),  Dick Durbin (D),  Joni Ernst (R),  Dianne Feinstein (D),  Kirsten Gillibrand (D),  Maggie Hassan (D),  Angus King (I),  Ed Markey (D),  Jeff Merkley (D),  Jerry Moran (R),  Chris Murphy (D),  Gary Peters (D),  Rob Portman (R),  Pat Roberts (R),  Marco Rubio (R),  Jeanne Shaheen (D),  Thom Tillis (R),  Chris Van Hollen (D),  Roger Wicker (R),  Todd Young (R), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (on 10/28/2019)

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