Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

Bill: 119-hr-764
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2025-01-28
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-28
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 (including counseling and referral services) using non-U.S. government funds if the medical services do not violate the laws of 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 receiving such assistance.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 764 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. Barragán , 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. Davids of Kansas , Mr. Davis of Illinois , Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania , Ms. DeGette , Ms. DeLauro , Mr. DeSaulnier , Ms. Dexter , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Doggett , Ms. Escobar , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania , Mrs. Fletcher , Mr. Foster , Ms. Friedman , Mr. Frost , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. García 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 Pennsylvania , 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. Velázquez , 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 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 (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.