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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Agency for International Development is essential for advancing the national security interests of the United States.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Agency for International Development is essential for advancing the national security interests of the United States.
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  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. To President
  5. Law
Latest action
2025-02-03 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S546-547)
Introduced Date
2025-02-03
Policy Area
International Affairs
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This Senate resolution says that the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, is an important part of U.S. national security. It argues that helping other countries through aid and development can prevent problems from growing into threats to the United States, support stability around the world, reduce the reasons people leave their home countries or turn to extremism, and help the United States keep its influence in a world where China is also competing for power.

  • USAID was created in 1961 to manage foreign aid work for the United States.
  • It later became an independent agency in 1998.
  • The resolution says USAID helps stop threats overseas before they reach the United States and helps keep other regions more stable.
  • It also says USAID plays a role in reducing the causes of migration and extremism, while strengthening U.S. leadership in competition with China.

Official Summaries

This resolution affirms the centrality of the U.S. Agency for International Development for advancing the national security interests of the United States, including by promoting global stability and mitigating threats abroad before they reach the United States.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 51 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 51

 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Agency for 
   International Development is essential for advancing the national 
                security interests of the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 3, 2025

 Mr. Coons (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. 
   Blunt Rochester, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
  Durbin, Mr. Gallego, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. 
Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kim, Mr. King, Ms. 
Klobuchar, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, 
Mr. Padilla, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, 
Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Slotkin, Ms. Smith, Mr. Van 
 Hollen, Mr. Warner, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
 Wyden) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Agency for 
   International Development is essential for advancing the national 
                security interests of the United States.

Whereas the United States Agency for International Development (referred to in 
        this preamble as ``USAID'') was created in 1961 by Executive Order 10973 
        (26 Fed. Reg. 10469; relating to the administration of foreign 
        assistance and related functions), based on authority provided in the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.);
Whereas USAID was subsequently established as an independent agency by the 
        Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of 
        Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-761); and
Whereas the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47) 
        explicitly requires both congressional consultation and notification to 
        Congress for any reorganizations, consolidations, or downsizing of 
        USAID: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate affirms the centrality of the United 
States Agency for International Development in advancing the national 
security interests of the United States by--
            (1) mitigating threats abroad before such threats reach the 
        shores of the United States;
            (2) promoting global stability;
            (3) addressing the root causes of migration and extremism; 
        and
            (4) securing the leadership and influence of the United 
        States in an era of strategic competition with the People's 
        Republic of China.
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