US HB671 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 165-1)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-24 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Global Health, Empowerment, and Rights Act HER Act This bill states that foreign nongovernmental organizations shall not be ineligible for U.S. international development assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 solely on the basis of health or medical services provided by such organizations with non-U.S. government funds if such services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided and would not violate U.S. federal law if provided in the United States. Such organizations also shall not be subject to requirements relating to the use of non-U.S. government funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than those that apply to U.S. nongovernmental organizations receiving such assistance under such Act.

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Title

Global Health, Empowerment, and Rights Act HER Act

Sponsors

Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]Rep. John Larson [D-CT]Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]

History

DateChamberAction
2017-01-24HouseReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2017-01-24HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB210 (Related) 2017-01-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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