# 114-hr-5597: Solar Villages Initiative Act

114-hr-5597, Solar Villages Initiative Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5597
- Congress: 114
- Title: Solar Villages Initiative Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- Introduced: 2016-06-28
- Sponsor: STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Solar Villages Initiative Act This bill authorizes the President, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, to provide assistance for renewable energy projects in developing countries to increase the availability of credit, savings, and other services to microfinance and microenterprise clients lacking full access to capital, training, technical assistance, and business development services. In providing such assistance, the President shall give priority to empowering female-owned businesses.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6421: Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6398: To amend the Small Business Act to provide for the inclusion of unmarried women in the criteria for awarding a grant to a women's business center.
- 114-hr-6332: National Hate Crimes Hotline Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6259: Protecting Our Kids' Medicine Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6231: Making College More Affordable Act
- 114-hr-6208: Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2016

## Sources
- [114-hr-5597 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5597)

## Related
- [114-hr-6421: Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6421)
- [114-hr-6398: To amend the Small Business Act to provide for the inclusion of unmarried women…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6398)
- [114-hr-6332: National Hate Crimes Hotline Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6332)
- [114-hr-6259: Protecting Our Kids' Medicine Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6259)
- [114-hr-6231: Making College More Affordable Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6231)
- [114-hr-6208: Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6208)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5597 (as of 2025-11-18).