HR 5517 · 116th Congress · International Affairs

Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act

Introduced 2019-12-19· Sponsored by Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.(2020-12-07)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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.…

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H.R. 5517, Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act

Sep 9, 2020

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 29, 2020

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Democrats