Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2019

H.R. 615 · 116th Congress · May 21, 2019 · Lineage

AN ACT

To provide women and girls safe access to sanitation facilities in refugee camps.

This Act may be cited as the “Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2019”.

Section 501 of the Foreign Relations Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2601 note) is amended in subsection (a)—

(1)

by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (10);

(2)

by striking the period at the end of paragraph (11) and inserting “; and”; and

(3)

by adding at the end the following:

“(12) the provision of safe and secure access to sanitation facilities, with a special emphasis on women and girls, and vulnerable populations.”

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May 21, 2019viewing Referred in Senate Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations See what changed
May 20, 2019 Engrossed in House See what changed
Jan 16, 2019 Introduced in House Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Engel, Ms. Moore, Ms. Norton, Mr. Keating, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Espaillat, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Haaland, Ms. Omar, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Bass, Mr. Meeks, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Payne, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Hill of California, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Deutch) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs