Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

Subjects: International Affairs


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1838 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1838

    To prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility 
 requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to 
the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
                                of 1961.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 2023

   Ms. Lee of California (for herself, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Bera, Mr. 
 Schiff, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Blunt Rochester, 
   Mr. Carson, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Ms. Pressley, Ms. 
McCollum, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Higgins 
    of New York, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Pingree, Mr. 
 Deluzio, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Allred, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Davis of Illinois, 
Mr. Soto, Mr. Trone, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Ross, Mr. 
 Kilmer, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Titus, Mr. Payne, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
    Blumenauer, Mr. Case, Ms. Norton, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. 
   Swalwell, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Connolly, Mrs. 
Napolitano, Ms. Meng, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Stevens, 
  Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Omar, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Bowman, Mr. 
McGovern, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Crow, Mr. Jackson 
 of North Carolina, Mrs. McClellan, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Garcia 
of Illinois, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Himes, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Castro 
  of Texas, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Morelle, Mr. 
Gottheimer, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Chu, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Castor 
  of Florida, Ms. Porter, Mr. Mullin, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Doggett, Ms. 
  Lois Frankel of Florida, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
  Veasey, Ms. Strickland, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Takano, Ms. 
  Scanlon, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Levin, Mr. Quigley, Ms. 
  Sherrill, Mr. McGarvey, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mrs. 
 Torres of California, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, 
 Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Adams, Mr. Neal, Ms. Kelly of 
   Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
  Casten, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Jackson 
Lee, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. DelBene, Ms. 
Bonamici, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Carter 
 of Louisiana, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Nickel, Mr. Keating, Ms. Caraveo, Ms. 
  Clarke of New York, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Brown, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Beyer, Mr. 
Cicilline, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. 
 Costa, Ms. Craig, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Ms. 
 Balint, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Larson of 
 Connecticut, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Norcross, Mrs. 
  McBath, Ms. Underwood, and Ms. Bush) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility 
 requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to 
the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
                                of 1961.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Global Health, Empowerment and 
Rights Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR FOREIGN NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS UNDER PART 
              I OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulation, or policy, 
in determining eligibility for assistance authorized under part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), foreign 
nongovernmental organizations--
            (1) shall not be ineligible for such assistance solely on 
        the basis of health or medical services, including counseling 
        and referral services, provided by such organizations with non-
        United States Government funds if such services do not violate 
        the laws of the country in which they are being provided; and
            (2) shall not be subject to requirements relating to the 
        use of non-United States Government funds for advocacy and 
        lobbying activities other than those that apply to United 
        States nongovernmental organizations receiving assistance under 
        part I of such Act.
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