,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cfh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #g1       
#bjai,mrs4 ,shaheen 7for herself1 ,ms4  
,collins1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,ms4           
,murkowski1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 ,mr4          
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,brown1 
,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,mr4      
,carper1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,ms4 
,cortez ,masto1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4   
,durbin1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mrs4        
,gillibrand1 ,ms4 ,harris1 ,ms4 ,hassan1
 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4     
,kaine1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1    
,mr4 ,leahy1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4         
,menendez1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4 ,murphy1 
,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,reed1
 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4       
,schatz1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,ms4
 ,stabenow1 ,mr4 ,tester1 ,mr4 ,udall1  
,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4   
,warner1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 and ,mr4     
,wyden7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,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 #aifa4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,global ,health1           
,empowerment and ,rights ,act4  #b4     
,assistance for foreign nongovernmental 
organizations under part ,i of the      
,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa      
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 regulation1 or policy1 in          
determining eligibility for assistance  
authorized under part ,i of the ,foreign
 ,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb         
,u4,s4,c4 #baea et seq471 foreign       
nongovernmental organizations--  7#a7   
shall not be ineligible for such        
assistance solely on the basis of health
 or medical services1 including         
counseling and referral services1       
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 ,states2 and  7#b7 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 ,act4