Preventing Child Marriage Act
This bill directs the President, through the United States' Permanent Representative to the United Nations (U.N.), to push for the U.N. to develop a comprehensive strategy to address the problem of child marriage in U.N.-administered refugee settlements. The strategy shall include a mandate to collect and report data on suspected child marriages, protocols for preventing child marriages, and programs to support and rehabilitate victims of such marriages.
The Permanent Representative shall also advocate for the U.N. to (1) examine the relationship between child marriage and violence against girls in all of its research into child marriage, and (2) adopt a standard definition of "child marriage."
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-11 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate |
| 2019-06-10 | Floor | The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2019-06-10 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2019-06-10 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4383-4384) | House floor actions |
| 2019-06-10 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2140. | House floor actions |
| 2019-06-10 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4383-4385) | House floor actions |
| 2019-06-10 | Floor | Mr. Engel moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2019-05-22 | Committee | Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules. | House committee actions |
| 2019-05-22 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2019-05-22 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2019-04-26 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations. | House committee actions |
| 2019-04-08 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. | House floor actions |
| 2019-04-08 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |