Title: YouthBuild International Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
YouthBuild International Act
This bill authorizes the President to establish a program to provide certain assistance to developing countries.
The purposes of such program include (1) providing disadvantaged youth with opportunities to receive the education and training necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency; and (2) expanding the supply of permanent affordable housing for homeless individuals and low-income families and improving the quality of community, nonprofit, and public facilities.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5877 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5877

 To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish a program to 
provide disadvantaged youth in developing countries with opportunities 
  to receive education and employment skills, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2020

   Ms. Omar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish a program to 
provide disadvantaged youth in developing countries with opportunities 
  to receive education and employment skills, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``YouthBuild International Act''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO PROVIDE DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 
              WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO RECEIVE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT 
              SKILLS.

    Section 105 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151c) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Program To Provide Disadvantaged Youth in Developing 
Countries With Opportunities To Receive Education and Employment 
Skills.--
            ``(1) In general.--The President is authorized to establish 
        a program to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions 
        as the President may determine, to developing countries--
                    ``(A) to provide disadvantaged youth with 
                opportunities to receive the education and employment 
                skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency 
                in occupations in demand and postsecondary education 
                and training opportunities;
                    ``(B) to provide disadvantaged youth with 
                opportunities for meaningful work and service to their 
                communities;
                    ``(C) to foster the development of employment and 
                leadership skills and commitment to community 
                development among youth in low-income communities;
                    ``(D) to expand the supply of permanent affordable 
                housing for homeless individuals and low-income 
                families by utilizing the energies and talents of 
                disadvantaged youth; and
                    ``(E) to improve the quality and energy efficiency 
                of community and other nonprofit and public facilities, 
                including those facilities that are used to serve 
                homeless and low-income families.
            ``(2) Reference.--The program established pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) may be referred to as the `YouthBuild 
        International program'.''.
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