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H.R. 1055: Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

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H.R. 1055: Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-07 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

Plain summary

Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act This bill establishes that a foreign nongovernmental organization shall not be disqualified from receiving certain U.S. international development assistance solely because the organization provides medical services using non-U.S. government funds if the medical services are legal in both the United States and the country in which they are being provided. Such foreign organizations shall not be subject to requirements relating to their use of non-U.S. funds for advocacy or lobbying activities, other than those that apply to U.S. nongovernmental organizations. Current U.S. policy prohibits various foreign assistance from going to a foreign nongovernmental organization unless it agrees to not perform or actively promote abortions.

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Official text

Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] · 197 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), William R. Keating (D-MA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Bill Foster (D-IL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), John B. Larson (D-CT), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Al Green (D-TX), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), André Carson (D-IN), Adam Smith (D-WA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Darren Soto (D-FL), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA) and 137 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1055 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116