Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
- Last Action
- 1/24/2017
Actions
- 2017-01-24Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- 2017-01-24Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-24 (00)
Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
This bill states that foreign nongovernmental organizations shall not be ineligible for U.S. international development assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 solely on the basis of health or medical services provided by such organizations with non-U.S. government funds if such services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided and would not violate U.S. federal law if provided in the United States. Such organizations also shall not be subject to requirements relating to the use of non-U.S. government funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than those that apply to U.S. nongovernmental organizations receiving such assistance under such Act.
Cosponsors (20)
- Susan Collins (R-ME)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
- Thomas Carper (D-DE)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Al Franken (D-MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Kamala Harris (D-CA)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
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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