Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
YALI Act of 2026
Official title: A bill to establish a comprehensive United States Government initiative to build the capacity of young leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Chris Van Hollen D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 10, 2025
- Committee actionJan 29, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 10, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 324.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2236.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2236, Young African Leaders Initiative Act of 2026” on May 26, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on February 10, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 26, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62448
- CBO publication date
- May 26, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2236, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/2236
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 26, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 26, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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Related bills
- H.R. 4332 (119th) YALI Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.