HR 556 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

Introduced Jan 28, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Barbara Lee D-CA

Latest action · Jan 28, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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.

IntroducedJan 28, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot 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 200

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2021 to Dec 22, 2022; 173 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NC	Alma S. Adams	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Ami Bera	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NJ	Andy Kim	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MI	Andy Levin	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MN	Angie Craig	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Antonio Delgado	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NH	Chris Pappas	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MO	Cori Bush	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-HI	Ed Case	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-AZ	Greg Stanton	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	J. Luis Correa	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CT	Jahana Hayes	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CT	James A. Himes	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CO	Jason Crow	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-TX	Joaquin Castro	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-HI	Kaiali'i Kahele	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Karen Bass	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-IL	Lauren Underwood	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-GA	Lucy McBath	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-PA	Madeleine Dean	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-IL	Marie Newman	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Mike Levin	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Mondaire Jones	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-GA	Nikema Williams	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Norma J. Torres	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Pete Aguilar	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Raul Ruiz	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MA	Richard E. Neal	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Ritchie Torres	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-IL	Sean Casten	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NV	Steven Horsford	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-FL	Val Butler Demings	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-TX	Veronica Escobar	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Jan 28, 2021
D-FL	Charlie Crist		Feb 1, 2021
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Feb 1, 2021
D-CA	Katie Porter		Feb 1, 2021
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Feb 1, 2021
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Mar 10, 2021
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Mar 10, 2021
D-CA	Sara Jacobs		Mar 10, 2021
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Mar 23, 2021
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Mar 23, 2021
D-GA	Carolyn Bourdeaux		May 11, 2021
D-CA	John Garamendi		Jun 15, 2021
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Jun 24, 2021
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Jun 24, 2021
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Jul 19, 2021
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Jul 26, 2021
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Jul 26, 2021
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Aug 13, 2021
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Sep 17, 2021
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury		Sep 22, 2021
D-GA	David Scott		Nov 17, 2021
D-NM	Teresa Leger Fernandez		Nov 18, 2021
D-CA	Josh Harder		Dec 7, 2021
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Dec 8, 2021
D-LA	Troy A. Carter		Jun 7, 2022
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume		Nov 10, 2022
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Dec 22, 2022
D-OH	Shontel M. Brown		Dec 22, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Jan 28, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 28, 2021Introduced in House
Jan 28, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 17, January 28, 2021, page H251.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 142	Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act	Identical bill	Jan 28, 2021

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: 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

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Jan 28, 2021Introduced in House

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