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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Agency for International Development</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>USAID AIDAR: Strengthen Compliance With Women&apos;s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018</RULE_TITLE>
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<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-29b86601-7fff-d94c-4bdf-f2aa792b7823">The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is issuing this rule to strengthen USAID&rsquo;s compliance with the Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-428) section 3. This rule will propose to incorporate a new clause into the Agency for International Development Acquisition Regulation (AIDAR) that will establish a requirement to integrate gender equality and women&rsquo;s empowerment into the Agency awards. </span></p>
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        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>Undetermined</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>48 CFR 7</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>sec. 621, Pub. L. 87-195</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>75 Stat. 445, 22 U.S.C. 2381 (as amended)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>E.O. 12163 (44 FR 56673)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>3 CFR 1979, Comp. p. 435</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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                <TTBL_DATE>09/00/2024</TTBL_DATE>
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        <FEDERALISM>Undetermined</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Jasen</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Andersen</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0412</CODE>
                    <NAME>Agency for International Development</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>AID</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 286-3116</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>jaandersen@usaid.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20004</ZIP>
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