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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.

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.

Introduced Feb 3, 2025

Latest action (Feb 3, 2025) Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S546-547)

Referred to
Foreign Relations Committee
Issues
Defense

Summary

This Senate resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is essential for advancing U.S. national security interests. The resolution affirms that USAID supports national security by mitigating threats abroad before they reach U.S. shores, promoting global stability, addressing root causes of migration and extremism, and securing U.S. leadership and influence in competition with China. The resolution references USAID's creation in 1961 and its establishment as an independent agency in 1998, and notes the 2024 appropriations law requiring congressional consultation for any USAID reorganizations or downsizing. As a sense-of-the-Senate resolution, it is non-binding and expresses the chamber's position rather than creating binding law.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
43 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Christopher A. Coons’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $24,000
  • THE CHEMOURS COMPANY $20,000
  • INVARIANT $17,500
  • BARCLAYS $16,500
  • AXXESS $15,000

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Christopher A. Coons → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 3, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S546-547) · senate
  2. Feb 3, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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Full text

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. <all>

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