Protection of Vulnerable Populations During Humanitarian Emergencies Act of 2005
Latest action · May 25, 2006 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 453.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 8, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protection of Vulnerable Populations During Humanitarian Emergencies Act of 2005 -Title I: Program and Policy Coordination - (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of State to develop a comprehensive strategy for the protection of vulnerable populations, especially women and children, who are affected by a humanitarian emergency.
(Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary to designate an individual within the Department of State or the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as the Coordinator for such efforts.
Title II: Prevention and Preparedness - (Sec. 201) Directs the Coordinator to develop related reporting and monitoring systems.
(Sec. 202) Authorizes USAID to establish a fellowship program to increase USAID expertise in carrying out protective activities of vulnerable populations, especially women and children, affected by a humanitarian emergency.
Title III: Protection of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons - (Sec. 301) Prohibits certain Department or USAID funds for refugees or internally displaced persons from being provided to a primary grantee or contractor unless the grantee or contractor has adopted a code of conduct that is consistent with the six core principles recommended by the United Nations Inter-Agency Standing Committee.
(Sec. 302) Directs the Coordinator to seek to provide health services to vulnerable populations, including: (1) responding to the consequences of sexual violence; (2) providing testing and treatment for HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases; (3) providing essential obstetric and prenatal care; and (4) developing a plan to integrate essential women's health services into the primary health care services provided during a humanitarian emergency.
(Sec. 303) Amends the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to seek to extend microcredit program availability to vulnerable populations, including women and displaced persons.
(Sec. 304) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to permit the President to furnish military education and training to military and related civilian personnel of foreign countries if it would improve the protection of civilians, especially women and children, including refugees or displaced persons.
(Sec. 305) Expresses the sense of Congress that the United Nations (U.N.) should strengthen the ability of its Department of Peacekeeping Operations to protect civilians, especially women and children, from sexual exploitation by peacekeeping personnel.
Title IV: Protection of Vulnerable Populations Affected by a Humanitarian Emergency - (Sec. 401) States that the U.S. Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) should take steps to ensure that disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration programs provide benefits to former combatants that are comparable to the benefits provided by such programs to other individuals.
Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees on all Department or USAID programs to assist foreign countries with the enforcement of laws to protect women and children and improve accountability for sexual exploitation and abuse.
(Sec. 402) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act authorize the President to use the authorities under such Act to provide assistance for programs to protect vulnerable populations during humanitarian emergencies.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 8, 2005 to Sep 25, 2006; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Mar 8, 2005 |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Apr 20, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Apr 20, 2005 | |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Jun 6, 2005 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Jul 13, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | May 22, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | May 22, 2006 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | May 26, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Sep 25, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Mar 8, 2005Markup May 23, 2006Reported May 26, 2006 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 25, 2006Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Lugar with amendments. Without written report.
- May 25, 2006Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 453.
- May 23, 2006Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- Mar 8, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Mar 8, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2259-2260)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2259–S2263Text printed S2260–S2262 | Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE (text), Richard G. Lugar R-IN | Mar 8, 2005 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1413 | Women and Children in Crisis and Conflict Protection Act of 2005 | Related bill | Mar 17, 2005 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to make the protection of vulnerable populations, especially women and children, who are affected by a humanitarian emergency a priority of the United States Government, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Protection of Vulnerable Populations During Humanitarian Emergencies Act of 2005
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Protection of Vulnerable Populations During Humanitarian Emergencies Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- AIDS (Disease)
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Business ethics
- Child abuse
- Child health
- Child labor
- Child sexual abuse
- Children's rights
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crimes against women
- Criminal investigation
- Data banks
- Department of State
- Development credit institutions
- Disabled
- Disaster relief
- Displaced persons
- Economic assistance
- Education
- Embassies
- Emergency Management
- Employee training
- Evidence (Law)
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Family services
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- Higher education
- Human immunodeficiency viruses
- Human rights
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- International courts
- International military forces
- International relief
- Kidnapping
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Military assistance
- Military command and control
- Military education
- Military law
- Military personnel
- Military training
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Obstetrics
- Peacekeeping forces
- Police
- Police training
- Prostitution
- Rape
- Refugees
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sex crimes
- Sex-oriented businesses
- Small business
- Smuggling
- Subcontractors
- Torture
- U.S. Agency for International Development
- United Nations
- United Nations economic assistance
- Veterans' rehabilitation
- Victims of crimes
- Violence
- War crimes
- Women
- Women in business
- Women's health
- Women's rights
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 25, 2006Reported to Senate
- Mar 8, 2005Introduced in Senate
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