119-s280

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 280 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 280

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 28, 2025

Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Warnock, Mr. 
 Durbin, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Welch, Mr. Murphy, Mr. 
 Reed, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
Kaine, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. King, 
 Mr. Padilla, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Booker, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
Ossoff, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Warren, Ms. Slotkin, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Wyden, 
 Ms. Smith, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Markey, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. 
 Warner, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
Schumer, and Mr. Gallego) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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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 
 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.
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