Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

This bill establishes that a foreign nongovernmental organization shall not be disqualified from receiving certain U.S. international development assistance solely because 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.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 764 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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. 
  Barragan, 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. Garcia 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. Velazquez, 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

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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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Global Health, Empowerment and 
Rights Act''.

SEC. 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.
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