{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-8463","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 8463","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Millennium Challenge Corporation Eligibility Expansion Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To modify the requirements under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 for candidate countries, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To modify the requirements under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 for candidate countries, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Millennium Challenge Corporation Eligibility Expansion Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Millennium Challenge Corporation Eligibility Expansion Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Millennium Challenge Corporation Eligibility Expansion Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Millennium Challenge Corporation Eligibility Expansion Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2022-07-21","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-09-29","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h472","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Millennium Challenge Corporation Eligibility Expansion Act","result":"Passed","yea":334,"nay":87,"present":0,"not_voting":11,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll472.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.","date":"2022-10-11"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-09-29","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Millennium Challenge Corporation Eligibility Expansion Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill modifies income-related eligibility requirements for assistance from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a program that provides assistance through a competitive selection process to eligible developing countries based on various factors, including a country's level of economic freedom and effectiveness of government."},{"k":"p","t":"Currently, to be a candidate to receive MCC assistance, a country must, among other requirements, must (1) fit the World Bank's income-based criteria for a low- or lower-middle-income country, or (2) be among the 75 lowest per capita income countries according to the World Bank. Under this bill, a candidate country must have a gross national income per capita no higher than the 125th poorest country as identified by the World Bank for the fiscal year."}],"words":125},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Replaces the income and eligibility requirements a country must meet to be a candidate for assistance under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8463/text/eh#H6F8A9A2AE7E743158E9958DF2ECF21CA"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8463/text/eh#H8EFA16B2FC1243E497523108DF072589"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8463/text/eh#H6DEFA3A7D67546C296D9D03EB5765036"}]},"core_areas":["Millennium Challenge Act candidate country requirements","Millennium Challenge Corporation eligibility factors"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Rewrites section 606 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 so a country is a candidate if its per capita income is equal to or less than the gross national income per capita of the 125th poorest country identified by the World Bank for the fiscal year.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8463/text/eh#H6F8A9A2AE7E743158E9958DF2ECF21CA"}},{"text":"Requires that a candidate country not be ineligible for United States economic assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other provision of law, subject to the rule of construction on waivers and suspensions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8463/text/eh#H6F8A9A2AE7E743158E9958DF2ECF21CA"}},{"text":"Provides that a waiver or suspension of a law by the President, the Secretary of State, or another United States officer or employee, with notice to the appropriate congressional committees, counts as satisfying the Foreign Assistance Act eligibility requirement.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8463/text/eh#H6F8A9A2AE7E743158E9958DF2ECF21CA"}},{"text":"Directs the Board to identify whether a country is a candidate country under the rewritten section 606.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8463/text/eh#H6F8A9A2AE7E743158E9958DF2ECF21CA"}},{"text":"Changes the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 in three places so that cross-references match the rewritten section 606, and strikes a reference to a lower middle income country described in section 606(b) from the compact authority provision.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8463/text/eh#H8EFA16B2FC1243E497523108DF072589"}},{"text":"Amends section 607(c)(2) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 by replacing the word \"consider\" with \"prioritize need and impact by considering\" in the provision on factors used in determining eligibility.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8463/text/eh#H6DEFA3A7D67546C296D9D03EB5765036"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-09-29","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8463/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8463","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8463/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-8463.png","v":"f48a5b69e2ab","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8463, 117th Congress: Millennium Challenge Corporation Eligibility Expansion Act. House: 334 Yea, 87 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 29 Sep 2022."}}