Contact Congress about S. 280: Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act

Foreign nonprofits could keep qualifying for certain U.S. aid even if they use separate non-U.S. money for legal health services or advocacy. The bill would make foreign groups follow the same advocacy and lobbying rules as U.S. nonprofits getting the same aid.

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Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Latest action on S. 280: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects foreign nonprofit health and development groups that want to receive U.S. foreign aid while using separate money for lawful services or policy work. It also affects U.S. agencies that run foreign aid programs, because they would have to apply these eligibility rules when deciding which foreign groups can participate.

Why this matters: This matters because aid eligibility rules can decide which organizations deliver health services in other countries. The bill could let more foreign nonprofits work with U.S.-funded programs while keeping separate, lawful work funded by non-U.S. money. It could make global health partnerships steadier across administrations, but it could also reduce policymakers' ability to use aid eligibility rules to push certain health policy goals abroad.

Key provisions in S. 280

• The bill applies to aid under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. That part of the law covers many U.S. foreign aid and global health programs.
• Foreign nonprofits could not lose U.S. aid eligibility only because they use non-U.S. government money for covered health or medical services.
• Covered health and medical services include counseling and referrals.
• The protection applies only when the service passes two legal tests. It must be legal where it happens and legal under U.S. federal law if done in the United States.
• The U.S. government could not put tougher advocacy or lobbying rules on foreign nonprofits' non-U.S. money than it puts on U.S. nonprofits getting the same kind of aid.

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Questions people ask about S. 280

What is S. 280?

Foreign nonprofits could keep qualifying for certain U.S. aid even if they use separate non-U.S. money for legal health services or advocacy. The bill would make foreign groups follow the same advocacy and lobbying rules as U.S. nonprofits getting the same aid.

How do I support or oppose S. 280?

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Who should I contact about S. 280?

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