117 HR 1158 IH: Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2021 U.S. House of Representatives 2021-02-18 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 1158IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 18, 2021Ms. 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 AffairsA BILLTo provide women and girls safe access to sanitation facilities in refugee camps.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2021.

2.

Secure access to sanitation facilities for women and girls

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..