Bill Details
S.280 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced Date
2025-01-28
Policy Area
International Affairs
Committees
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Cosponsors
View cosponsors (20)
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-Alaska]
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-Oregon]
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-Georgia]
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-Illinois]
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-Nevada]
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-Washington]
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-Vermont]
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-Connecticut]
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-Rhode Island]
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-Connecticut]
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-Hawaii]
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-Colorado]
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-Rhode Island]
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-Virginia]
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-Nevada]
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-Hawaii]
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-Washington]
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-Colorado]
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-Maine]
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-California]
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This bill would make it easier for foreign nonprofit groups to qualify for U.S. foreign assistance. It says these groups should not be blocked from receiving aid just because they use their own non-U.S. money to provide health or medical services, including counseling and referral services, as long as those services are legal in the country where they are offered and would also be legal under U.S. law if done in the United States. It would also stop the government from imposing stricter rules on foreign nonprofits for using their own funds for advocacy or lobbying than the rules that already apply to U.S. nonprofit groups.
- Foreign nonprofits could not be denied aid solely because they provide legal health or medical services with their own funds.
- The bill covers services such as counseling and referral help, as long as they follow local law and would not break U.S. law.
- It would prevent foreign nonprofits from facing tougher advocacy and lobbying rules than U.S. nonprofits when they use non-U.S. government money.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 280 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 280
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 28, 2025
Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Warnock, Mr.
Durbin, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Welch, Mr. Murphy, Mr.
Reed, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr.
Kaine, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. King,
Mr. Padilla, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Booker, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Coons, Mr.
Ossoff, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Warren, Ms. Slotkin, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Wyden,
Ms. Smith, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Markey, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr.
Warner, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Schiff, Mr.
Schumer, and Mr. Gallego) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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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
would not violate United States Federal law if provided in the
United States; 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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