Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
Latest action · Feb 7, 2019 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.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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 using non-U.S. government funds if the medical services are legal in both the United States and 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.
Current U.S. policy prohibits various foreign assistance from going to a foreign nongovernmental organization unless it agrees to not perform or actively promote abortions.
Cosponsors 46
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2019 to Feb 11, 2019; 45 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Feb 11, 2019 |
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 Feb 7, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Feb 7, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 142 | Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 28, 2021 |
| S 210 | Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act | Reintroduction of | Jan 24, 2017 |
| HR 1055 | Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act | Identical bill | Feb 7, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2019Introduced in Senate
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