IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 157 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a Global Marshall 
Plan holds the potential to demonstrate the commitment of the United 
States to peace and prosperity through poverty reduction in the United 
States and abroad. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2011 
Mr. ELLISON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
a Global Marshall Plan holds the potential to dem-
onstrate the commitment of the United States to peace 
and prosperity through poverty reduction in the United 
States and abroad. 
Whereas after World War II, the United States established 
a program to provide for the reconstruction of Europe, 
named after General George C. Marshall and commonly 
referred to as the ‘‘Marshall Plan’’; 
Whereas by providing assistance to Europe through the Mar-
shall Plan, the United States recognized the direct link 
between economic growth and political stability; 
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Whereas in 1948, United States financial support of the Mar-
shall Plan represented a generous 13 percent of the Fed-
eral budget; 
Whereas the Marshall Plan made possible new measures of 
international cooperation by promoting European eco-
nomic integration which has enhanced the security, free-
dom, and prosperity of the United States and the world; 
Whereas the United States established foreign assistance pro-
grams, as prescribed by the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, with a goal of the ‘‘encouragement and sustained 
support of the people of developing countries in their ef-
forts to acquire the knowledge and resources essential to 
development and to build the economic, political, and so-
cial institutions which will improve the quality of their 
lives’’; 
Whereas, in announcing the Millennium Challenge Account 
on March 15, 2002, President George W. Bush stated 
‘‘The advance of development is a central commitment of 
American foreign policy. As a nation founded on the dig-
nity and value of every life, America’s heart breaks be-
cause of the suffering and senseless death we see in our 
world. We work for prosperity and opportunity because 
they’re right. It’s the right thing to do.’’; 
Whereas 
the 
World 
Bank 
reports 
that 
more 
than 
1,400,000,000 people worldwide live on less than $1.25 
per day, and another 1,600,000,000 people struggle to 
survive on less than $2 per day; 
Whereas the United States has one of the highest levels of 
poverty among industrialized countries; 
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Whereas reducing poverty may assist in warding off harsh 
conditions that extremists may exploit to rally support 
for political violence; 
Whereas United States citizens and nongovernmental organi-
zations have proposed a new Global Marshall Plan includ-
ing— 
(1) providing increased funding to eliminate poverty, 
homelessness, hunger, inadequate education, and health 
care domestically and globally in addition to restoring the 
global environment; 
(2) revising existing trade and other agreements in 
which the United States is currently involved so that 
such agreements favor improving the lives of the poor 
around the world, and approaching future agreements 
with like intent; and 
(3) providing training to children and adults world-
wide in techniques of nonviolent communication, diver-
sity, environmental sustainability, family and parental 
support, stress reduction, emergency health techniques, 
diet and exercise, and caring for others who are in need 
of help; and 
Whereas a Global Marshall Plan, embracing a strategy of 
generosity, would reaffirm the United States commitment 
to ending global and United States poverty: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the elimination of poverty and hunger 
should remain key foreign and domestic policy goals 
for the United States; 
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(2) a Global Marshall Plan holds the potential 
to transform development assistance in a manner 
that would significantly reduce poverty; and 
(3) the President should implement a Global 
Marshall Plan to increase United States assistance 
towards the elimination of poverty. 
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