H.R. 764

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 764 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 764

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 28, 2025

Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida (for herself, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Bera, Ms. 
Meng, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Amo, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Balint, Ms. 
Barragan, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. 
Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Case, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of 
Florida, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Mr. 
Cisneros, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Costa, Ms. Craig, Ms. Crockett, 
Mr. Crow, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, 
Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans of 
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Foster, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Gray, 
Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Himes, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Ivey, Ms. 
Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. 
Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. 
Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. Matsui, 
Ms. McBride, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Moore of 
Wisconsin, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Morrison, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mullin, Mr. 
Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
Panetta, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, 
Ms. Randall, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Ross, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. 
Schneider, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sherrill, Ms. Simon, Mr. Smith of 
Washington, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Strickland, 
Mr. Subramanyam, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. 
Underwood, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. 
Waters, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Ms. Wilson of 
Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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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
(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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