119-hr764

[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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