Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
- Last Action
- 2/7/2019
Actions
- 2019-02-07Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- 2019-02-07Introduced in House
- 2019-02-07Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-07 (00)
Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
This bill establishes that a foreign nongovernmental organization shall not be disqualified from receiving certain U.S. international development assistance solely because the organization provides medical services using non-U.S. government funds if the medical services are legal in both the United States and the country in which they are being provided. Such foreign organizations shall not be subject to requirements relating to their use of non-U.S. funds for advocacy or lobbying activities, other than those that apply to U.S. nongovernmental organizations.
Current U.S. policy prohibits various foreign assistance from going to a foreign nongovernmental organization unless it agrees to not perform or actively promote abortions.
Cosponsors (20)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
- Kathleen Rice (D-NY)
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- William Keating (D-MA)
- Katherine Clark (D-MA)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Bill Foster (D-IL)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- John Sarbanes (D-MD)
Subjects
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Health promotion and preventive care
- International organizations and cooperation
- Public participation and lobbying
- World health
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