Bills About International Affairs Sponsored by Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)

Rep. McCollum sponsored 38 bills about international affairs in the 117th Congress (2021-22).

Introduced	Number	Title	Cosponsors	Cosponsor Party	Latest Action
Oct. 1, 2020	H.RES.1171	Recognizing the instrumental role United States global food security programs, particularly the Feed the Future program, have played in reducing global poverty, building resilience and tackling hunger and malnutrition around the world, and calling for continued investment in global food security in the face of the economic impact of COVID-19.	7	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
Aug. 14, 2020	H.R.8050	To prohibit United States Government recognition of the Israeli Government's claim of sovereignty over the occupied West Bank, and for other purposes.	11	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb. 21, 2020	H.RES.861	Supporting the role of the United States in helping save the lives of children and protecting the health of people in poor countries with vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance.	25	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
April 30, 2019	H.R.2407	To promote human rights for Palestinian children living under Israeli military occupation and require that United States funds do not support military detention, interrogation, abuse, or ill-treatment of Palestinian children, and for other purposes.	26	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sept. 20, 2018	H.R.6856	To extend certain authorities relating to United States efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria globally, and for other purposes.	0		Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Nov. 14, 2017	H.R.4391	To require the Secretary of State to certify that United States funds do not support military detention, interrogation, abuse, or ill-treatment of Palestinian children, and for other purposes.	30	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan. 27, 2015	H.R.570	To discontinue Radio Martí and Television Martí broadcasts to Cuba.	4	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
July 25, 2014	H.RES.688	Supporting the role of the United States in ensuring children in poor countries have access to vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance.	96	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
July 25, 2013	H.R.2822	To establish the United States comprehensive strategy for assistance to developing countries to achieve food and nutrition security, increase sustainable and equitable agricultural development, reduce hunger, improve nutrition, and develop rural infrastructure and stimulate rural economies, and for other purposes.	25	Bipartisan	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5097)
July 9, 2012	H.R.6087	To protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, and for other purposes.	29	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Nov. 3, 2011	H.R.3357	To protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, and for other purposes.	63	Bipartisan	Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
April 1, 2011	H.R.1317	To discontinue Radio Marti and Television Marti broadcasts to Cuba.	11	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
June 8, 2010	H.RES.1426	Urging the Government of the Republic of Rwanda and President Paul Kagame to immediately release human rights lawyer Professor Peter Erlinder from jail and allow him to return to the United States.	3	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Oct. 1, 2009	H.R.3701	To establish the More Books for Africa Program to facilitate the donation, processing, shipping, and distribution of text and library books to African schools, libraries, community centers, and other centers of learning in partnership with United States-based entities, and for other purposes.	3	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
June 26, 2009	H.R.3077	To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security and agricultural development, to develop rural infrastructure and stimulate rural economies, and to improve emergency response to food crises, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes.	82	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
April 27, 2009	H.R.2103	To protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, and for other purposes.	112	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
March 10, 2009	H.R.1410	To provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries, and for other purposes.	95	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
June 11, 2008	H.RES.1268	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States foreign assistance is a critical instrument for achieving our national security goals and that modernizing United States foreign assistance should become a national priority.	48	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sept. 27, 2007	H.R.3698	To establish a Global Service Fellowship Program, and for other purposes.	20	Bipartisan	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sept. 19, 2007	H.R.3598	To prohibit the cessation, degradation, or limitation of broadcasting activities by the Broadcasting Board of Governors.	15	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
July 25, 2007	H.R.3175	To protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, and for other purposes.	65	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
April 16, 2007	H.R.1861	To urge the Government of the Republic of Armenia to resolve the murder case of Joshua Haglund, a United States citizen, in Yerevan, Armenia, and to fund scholarships at the University of Minnesota in the memory of Joshua Haglund for study abroad and diversity training.	0	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
May 10, 2007	H.R.2266	To provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries, and for other purposes.	105	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb. 28, 2007	H.R.1225	To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries, and for other purposes.	61	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
May 17, 2006	H.R.5408	To urge the Government of the Republic of Armenia to resolve the murder case of Joshua Haglund, a United States citizen, in Yerevan, Armenia, and to fund scholarships at the University of Minnesota in the memory of Joshua Haglund for study abroad and diversity training.	2	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
May 18, 2006	H.RES.822	Promoting local peace building efforts in Colombia and recognizing the courageous efforts of Colombian civil society and churches to establish peace communities, advance non-violent conflict resolution, and advocate for human dignity.	17	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Nov. 3, 2005	H.R.4222	To provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries, and for other purposes.	47	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Nov. 1, 2005	H.R.4188	To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries, and for other purposes.	70	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Sept. 27, 2005	H.R.3916	To amend the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to promote environmental sustainability in the implementation of programs and activities carried out under such Act, and for other purposes.	11	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
May 26, 2005	H.CON.RES.172	Affirming the commitment and leadership of the United States to improve the lives of the world's 1.3 billion people living in extreme poverty and conditions of misery.	100	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
April 21, 2005	H.RES.229	Supporting the people of the Togolese Republic in their desire for free, fair, and open elections and the establishment of a democratic, representative government.	2	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Relations.
March 16, 2005	H.CON.RES.101	Calling upon the President to order an immediate moratorium on the rendition of persons to Syria and all countries that routinely use torture as reported by the Department of State's 2004 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, and for other purposes.	1	All Democrats	Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia.
June 22, 2004	H.RES.687	Recognizing United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and reaffirming the commitment of the United States to eliminate torture in all countries, and for other purposes.	7	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Jan. 29, 2003	H.CON.RES.26	Condemning the punishment of execution by stoning as a gross violation of human rights, and for other purposes.	77	Bipartisan	Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Feb. 27, 2003	H.CON.RES.61	Recognizing the need to double Federal funding for the Peace Corps from fiscal year 2002 funding levels to $550,000,000 by 2007, and for other purposes.	27	All Democrats	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
July 26, 2002	H.CON.RES.456	Recognizing the occasion of the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music, to be held August 3-10, 2002, in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.	4	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
March 14, 2002	H.CON.RES.351	Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should condemn the practice of execution by stoning as a gross violation of human rights, and for other purposes.	117	Bipartisan	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
March 6, 2002	H.CON.RES.341	Expressing the sense of Congress that Federal funding of the Peace Corps should be doubled to $550,000,000 by 2007, and for other purposes.	19	Bipartisan	Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

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