Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2021

H.R. 1158 · 117th Congress · Jul 21, 2021 · 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 2021”.

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

(1)

by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (11) as paragraphs (7) through (12), respectively; and

(2)

by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:

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

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Jul 21, 2021viewing Referred in Senate Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations See what changed
Jul 20, 2021 Engrossed in House See what changed
Feb 18, 2021 Introduced in House Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Norton, Ms. Omar, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Sires, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Soto, Mrs. Torres of California, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Costa, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Welch, Mr. Harder of California, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Vela, and Ms. Barragán) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs