HR 615 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2019

Introduced Jan 16, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Grace Meng D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 21, 2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 16, 2019
  2. Passed HouseMay 20, 2019
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2019

This bill directs the Department of State, when providing overseas assistance for refugees, to ensure the provision of safe and secure access to sanitation facilities, with a special emphasis on women, girls, and vulnerable populations.

Cosponsors 42

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2019 to Apr 12, 2019, with 23 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalJan 16, 2019
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalJan 16, 2019
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJan 16, 2019
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalJan 16, 2019
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJan 16, 2019
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJan 16, 2019
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJan 16, 2019
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalJan 16, 2019
D-NMDebra A. HaalandOriginalJan 16, 2019
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalJan 16, 2019
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJan 16, 2019
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalJan 16, 2019
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalJan 16, 2019
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJan 16, 2019
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalJan 16, 2019
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Actions 12

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 21, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  2. May 20, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3970)
  3. May 20, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 615.
  4. May 20, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. May 20, 2019Mr. Engel moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
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Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 21, 2019Referred in Senate
  2. May 20, 2019Engrossed in House
  3. Jan 16, 2019Introduced in House

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