Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 1661 (117th)

Girls LEAD Act

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

8 March 2021

Last action

8 March 2021 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Sponsors

Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6], Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5], Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24], Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7], Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1], Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9], Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9], Colin Allred, Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large], Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3], Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1], Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37], Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13], Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36], Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ], Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22], Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6], Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6], Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27], Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32], Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10], Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21], Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22], Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5], Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9], Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4], Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1], Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20], Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25], Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26], Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10], Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

5 December 2025

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Girls' Leadership, Engagement, Agency, and Development Act of 2021 or the Girls LEAD Act This bill directs the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to jointly report to Congress a strategy to strengthen the participation of adolescents, particularly girls, in democracy, human rights, and governance. The State Department and the USAID shall (1) implement activities to achieve this goal, including activities to increase adolescent girls' civic and political knowledge and skills and address barriers to political participation; and (2) prioritize foreign assistance funding for democracy, human rights, and governance programs toward achieving the goals in this bill.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 8 March 2021

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 8 March 2021

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 8 March 2021

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 8 March 2021

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 8 March 2021

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 8 March 2021

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Showing 48 of 74 sponsors and actors.

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.