I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 764 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2025 
Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida (for herself, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. BERA, Ms. 
MENG, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. AMO, Ms. ANSARI, Ms. BALINT, 
Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. BEYER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. 
BUDZINSKI, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CASE, Mr. 
CASTEN, Ms. CASTOR
of Florida, Mr. CASTRO
of Texas, Mrs. 
CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. CHU, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
CONNOLLY, Mr. COSTA, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. CROW, Ms. DA-
VIDS of Kansas, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. DEXTER, Mrs. DIN-
GELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS of 
Pennsylvania, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. FRIEDMAN, Mr. 
FROST, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. 
GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GRAY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. HIMES, Ms. 
HOULAHAN, Mr. IVEY, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, 
Ms. 
KAMLAGER-DOVE, 
Ms. 
KELLY
of 
Illinois, 
Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE of Pennsyl-
vania, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. MAGAZINER, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. 
MCBRIDE, Mrs. MCCLAIN DELANEY, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 
Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. 
MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. MORRISON, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. 
MULLIN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, 
Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, 
Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. RANDALL, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. ROSS, 
Mr. RUIZ, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. 
SHERRILL, Ms. SIMON, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. 
STANTON, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. SUBRAMANYAM, Ms. 
TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. 
VEASEY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, and Ms. WILSON of 
Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Health, Em-
powerment and Rights Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR FOREIGN NONGOVERNMENTAL 
ORGANIZATIONS UNDER PART I OF THE FOR-
EIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regula-
tion, or policy, in determining eligibility for assistance au-
thorized 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, in-
cluding counseling and referral services, provided by 
such organizations with non-United States Govern-
ment 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 
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for advocacy and lobbying activities other than those 
that apply to United States nongovernmental organi-
zations receiving assistance under part I of such 
Act. 
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