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Main Subject: International Affairs

Global Learning Loss Assessment Act of 2021

This bill requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to report on the impact of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic on the agency's basic education programs.

This report shall include (1) an assessment of the global learning loss that will result from protracted school closures; (2) evaluations of the effectiveness, cost, accessibility, and reach of the most commonly used forms of distance learning in low-resource contexts; and (3) a description of the tools and resources needed for the USAID to support continued distance learning, safe school reopening, remedial and accelerated learning, and reenrollment campaigns.

S552-117, HRES504-117,

Categories

Academic performance and assessments Cardiovascular and respiratory health Child health Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Educational facilities and institutions Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care Foreign aid and international relief Government studies and investigations Infectious and parasitic diseases Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Multilateral development programs Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Rural conditions and development Special education Teaching, teachers, curricula Internet web applications social media Refugees asylum displaced persons Teaching teachers curricula International Affairs

Senate Actions

IntroReferral
Jul. 12 2021	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

House floor actions Actions

Floor

Jun. 29
2021

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Pursuant to section 8 of H. Res. 504, and the motion offered by Mr. McGovern, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 1500, as amended; H.R. 2471, as amended; H.R. 3261; H.R. 3283, as amended; and H.R. 3385, as amended; and the following resolutions were agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 186; and H. Res. 402, as amended. (consideration: CR H3258-3262; text: CR H3258)
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 504, proceedings on H.R. 1500 are considered vacated.

Jun. 28
2021

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1500.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3183-3185; text: CR H3183)
Mr. Meeks moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

IntroReferral
Mar. 02 2021	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Library of Congress Actions

Floor

Jun. 29
2021

Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 8 of H. Res. 504, and the motion offered by Mr. McGovern, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 1500, as amended; H.R. 2471, as amended; H.R. 3261; H.R. 3283, as amended; and H.R. 3385, as amended; and the following resolutions were agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 186; and H. Res. 402, as amended.(consideration: CR H3258-3262; text: CR H3258)

IntroReferral
Mar. 02 2021	Introduced in House Introduced in House

House committee actions Actions

Committee
Mar. 25 2021	Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

House bill HR1500-117

Global Learning Loss Assessment Act of 2021

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