US Congress Senate Bill 677 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-2-1)
Status: Introduced on March 9 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Global Democracy Promotion Act Declares that foreign nongovernmental organizations: (1) shall not be ineligible for assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 solely on the basis of health or medical services (including counseling and referral services) provided by them with non-U.S. government funds if such services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided, and would not violate U.S. federal law if provided in the United States; and (2) shall not be subject to requirements relating to the use of non-U.S. government funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than those that apply to U.S. nongovernmental organizations receiving such assistance.

Global Democracy Promotion Act

Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-09	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/677/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s677/BILLS-114s677is.pdf