Search Results for keywords:"women's economic empowerment"

Search Results: keywords:"women's economic empowerment"

S. 4915 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the low-income housing credit and to reauthorize and reform the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes.
July 31, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:3,599
S. 4915 proposes changes to the Internal Revenue Code to update the low-income housing credit, which involves raising the state housing credit ceiling and modifying tax-exempt bond financing criteria. The bill also seeks to extend and reform the Generalized System of...
Simple Explanation
S. 4915 is a bill that wants to change the rules to help make housing cheaper for people with less money and also check how some countries are doing to decide if the U.S. should keep giving them special trading benefits.
S. 5123 — To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to modify the eligibility requirements for the Generalized System of Preferences to strengthen worker protections and to ensure that beneficiary developing countries afford equal rights and protection under the law, regardless of gender, and for other purposes.
September 19, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:1,913
The bill, known as the "Women’s Economic Empowerment in Trade Act of 2024," aims to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to improve conditions under the Generalized System of Preferences. It seeks to strengthen worker protections and ensure that developing countries receiving benefits from the United...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants countries that get special trading benefits from the U.S. to treat all workers fairly and give women the same rights as men. If they don't, they might get fewer benefits.

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