S. 210
Referred to CommitteeGlobal Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
1/24/2017 • Senate
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Global Health, Empowerment and Rights 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.
Introduced in Senate • 1/24/2017
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January 24, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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