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Main Subject: International Affairs

Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act

This bill establishes (1) a professional exchange program between the United States and India with a focus on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi, (2) a development training initiative based on principles of nonviolence, and (3) a foundation to address development priorities in India.

Specifically, the bill establishes a professional exchange program comprised of both an annual educational forum for scholars from the United States and India, as well as an undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate student exchange for students in the United States and India.

The bill also establishes a professional development training initiative on conflict resolution tools based on the principles of nonviolence. Further, the bill establishes the United States-India Gandhi-King Development Foundation to identify development priorities in India (e.g., pollution and climate change, education, and tuberculosis) and administer competitively awarded grants to nongovernmental entities to address those priorities.

Senate Actions

IntroReferral
Dec. 07 2020	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

House floor actions Actions

Floor
Dec. 03 2020	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6079-6081) DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5517. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6079-6082) Mr. Engel moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

IntroReferral
Dec. 19 2019	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Library of Congress Actions

Floor
Dec. 03 2020	Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6079-6081)

IntroReferral
Dec. 19 2019	Introduced in House Introduced in House

House committee actions Actions

Committee
Jul. 29 2020	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jan. 14 2020	Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation.

House bill HR5517-116

To affirm the friendship of the governments of the United States of America and the Republic of India, and to establish a bilateral partnership for collaboration to advance development and shared values, and for other purposes.

House bill HR5517-116

To affirm the friendship of the governments of the United States of America and the Republic of India, and to establish a bilateral partnership for collaboration to advance development and shared values, and for other purposes.

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