H.R. 764

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