Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

Bill: 116-s-368
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 368 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 7, 2019 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. Casey , Mr. Coons , Ms. Cortez Masto , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Durbin , Mrs. Feinstein , 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 , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Schatz , Ms. Sinema , Ms. Smith , Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Tester , Mr. Udall , Mr. Van Hollen , Ms. Warren , Mr. Warner , Mr. Whitehouse , and Mr. Wyden ) 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.