Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

Bill: 116-hr-1055
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2019-02-07
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: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act</strong></p> <p>This bill establishes that a foreign nongovernmental organization shall not be disqualified from receiving certain U.S. international development assistance solely because&nbsp;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. </p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1055 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2019 Mrs. Lowey (for herself, Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Connolly , Miss Rice of New York , Mr. Engel , Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Norton , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Ms. DelBene , Ms. Bonamici , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Keating , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Foster , Mr. Moulton , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. DeFazio , Mr. Sarbanes , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Rush , Ms. Meng , Mr. Ruiz , Ms. Jayapal , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Schneider , Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. McEachin , Mr. Gallego , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Mr. Cooper , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Castor of Florida , Mr. Green of Texas , Mr. Schiff , Mr. Bera , Mr. Schrader , Ms. DeLauro , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Sires , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Ms. Matsui , Ms. McCollum , Ms. Moore , Mr. Payne , Mr. Khanna , Ms. Frankel , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Yarmuth , Ms. Titus , Mr. Soto , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. Richmond , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Serrano , Ms. Shalala , Mr. Deutch , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Mrs. Torres of California , Mr. Hastings , Mr. McNerney , Mr. Carbajal , Ms. DeGette , Mr. Crist , Mr. Peters , Ms. Brownley of California , Ms. Omar , Mr. Welch , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Quigley , Mr. Rose of New York , Mrs. Lawrence , Mr. Vargas , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Aguilar , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Takano , Mr. Sherman , Mr. Higgins of New York , Mr. Gomez , Mr. Cummings , Mrs. Demings , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Luján , Mr. Pascrell , Ms. Pressley , Ms. Speier , Mr. Tonko , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Pallone , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Loebsack , Mr. Price of North Carolina , Ms. Bass , Mr. Heck , Mr. Levin of Michigan , Mr. Pappas , Mrs. Davis of California , Ms. Haaland , Mr. Meeks , Ms. Johnson of Texas , Ms. Kaptur , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Ruppersberger , Ms. Dean , Mr. Kind , Ms. Fudge , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Mrs. Fletcher , Ms. Waters , Mr. Himes , Ms. Wild , Ms. Scanlon , Ms. Judy Chu of California , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Ryan , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Sánchez , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Courtney , Mr. Trone , Ms. Hill of California , Ms. Slotkin , Mr. Visclosky , Mr. Lawson of Florida , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Veasey , Mr. Neguse , Ms. Wexton , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Morelle , Mrs. Beatty , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Ms. Schrier , and Mr. Perlmutter ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 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.