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US HR615
Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2019


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Introduced
01/16/2019
In Committee
04/09/2019
Crossed Over
05/21/2019
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2019 Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of State, when providing overseas assistance for refugees, to ensure the provision of safe and secure access to sanitation facilities, with a special emphasis on women, girls, and vulnerable populations.

AI Summary

This bill, the Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2019, directs the Department of State to ensure the provision of safe and secure access to sanitation facilities, with a special emphasis on women, girls, and vulnerable populations, when providing overseas assistance for refugees. The bill amends the Foreign Relations Act to add this requirement to the existing list of activities the Department of State must undertake when providing such assistance.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs, Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (43)

Grace Meng (D)* Karen Bass (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Salud Carbajal (D),  Judy Chu (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Theodore Deutch (D),  Debbie Dingell (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Katie Hill (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Bill Keating (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gregory Meeks (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  David Price (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Brad Sherman (D),  Albio Sires (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Chris Stewart (R),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  Norma Torres (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Frederica Wilson (D),  Lee Zeldin (R), 

Last Action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (on 05/21/2019)

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