3.0.0 4058 2023-01-15T10:47:57Z 2023-01-15T10:47:57Z House H HR 2004-03-30 108 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-03-30T14:01:35Z 2004-03-30 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2004-03-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-03-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001022 Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] HENRY HYDE R IL J. 6 N International Affairs Agricultural assistance Agriculture and Food Armed Forces and National Security Authorization Boundaries Child labor Child sexual abuse Child welfare Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil War Civil-military relations Congress Congressional reporting requirements Counseling Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Crimes against women Data banks Democracy Directories Disabled Disaster relief Disciplining of employees Displaced persons Economic assistance Economic development Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Embassies Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee selection Employee training Ethics Ethnic relations Executive Office of the President Executive reorganization Families Family services Famines Federal officials Food relief Forced labor Genocide Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government paperwork Government publicity Health Health education Higher education Human immunodeficiency viruses Human rights Immigration Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Insurgency International agencies International relief Kidnapping Labor and Employment Maternal health services Medical education Mental health services Military education Military training Minorities Nongovernmental organizations Obstetrics Peace negotiations Peacekeeping forces Personnel management Planning Political persecution Political violence Prosthesis Prostitution Psychotherapy Rape Refugees Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Slavery Social Welfare Strategic planning Subcontractors Torture United Nations United Nations officials Victims of crimes Violence Vocational and technical education War War relief Whistle blowing Women Women's employment Women's health International Affairs 00 2004-03-30 Introduced in House 2004-05-06T18:14:45Z United States Assistance for Civilians Affected by Conflict Act of 2004 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to: (1) appoint a Special Coordinator to ensure that Federal departments and agencies responsible for the conduct of foreign affairs and national security undertake advance planning, coordinated action, and harmonized execution to respond to complex humanitarian emergencies in foreign countries and to ensure that such planning and action is consistent with the national interests of the United States; and (2) take specified actions to respond to such emergencies.

Authorizes fiscal year appropriations to the President for international disaster assistance.

Authorizes the President to develop and undertake protection initiatives, including protection initiatives for women and children who are refugees or displaced persons, or living in areas affected by a complex humanitarian emergency.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees should review its personnel practices to: (1) ensure that senior protection officers are assigned to the posts where women and children are in the most danger of gender-based violence or exploitation, and to ensure that more female staff are present in refugee or displaced persons camps; and (2) facilitate the permanent hiring of successful junior professional officers following their initial tours of duty.

Declares that it shall be U.S. policy to ensure that U.S.-funded organizations that respond to complex humanitarian emergencies in foreign countries have the resources to address the specific health needs of women affected by such emergencies.

Amends the Act to authorize the President to provide assistance: (1) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to foreign crises, including acts of ethnic cleansing, mass killings and genocide, peace and humanitarian intervention operations, and armed ethnic or civil conflicts; (2) to support the transition to democracy and long-term development in countries emerging from political instability or conflict; (3) to victims of foreign civil strife and warfare; and (4) for famine relief.

Directs the Secretary of State to develop a strategy for the protection of women and children who are internally displaced, made refugees, or otherwise affected by a complex humanitarian emergency.

Directs the Special Coordinator to maintain an information database and develop an early warning list related to occurrences of gender-based violence or exploitation of children during a complex humanitarian emergency.

Directs the The Secretary to urge the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to work with nongovernmental organizations to implement a model `whistleblower' system under which humanitarian workers, refugees, and internally displaced persons can report gender-based violence or exploitation of children.

Prohibits assistance to a nongovernmental organization that assists refugees or displaced persons if such organization does not adopt a code of conduct that incorporates specified provisions respecting sexual exploitation of children and others by humanitarian workers.

Expresses the sense of Congress that all U.S. agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and multilateral organizations that are implementing U.S. humanitarian assistance programs should review their administrative, management, and employment practices at refugee and displaced persons camps for the purposes of: (1) increasing the number of women involved in the distribution of food and humanitarian supplies; and (2) educating providers and beneficiaries of humanitarian assistance about the seriousness of gender-based violence and exploitation of children.

Amends the Act to include in foreign military training and education the protection of displaced civilians, especially women and children.

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