Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

Bill: 115-s-210
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2017-01-24
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Foreign aid and international relief

Health promotion and preventive care

International organizations and cooperation

Public participation and lobbying

World health
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act</strong></p> <p> 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.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 210 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 24, 2017 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Collins , Ms. Baldwin , Ms. Murkowski , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Booker , Mr. Brown , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Carper , Mr. Coons , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Durbin , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Franken , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Harris , Ms. Hassan , Mr. Heinrich , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Kaine , Mr. King , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Markey , Mr. Menendez , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Murphy , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Peters , Mr. Reed , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Schatz , Mr. Schumer , Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Tester , Mr. Udall , Mr. Van Hollen , Ms. Warren , Mr. Warner , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Wyden , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Nelson , Mr. Casey , and Mrs. McCaskill ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act . 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 would not violate United States Federal law if provided in the United States; 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.