3.0.0 4117 2023-01-15T04:48:38Z 2023-01-15T04:48:38Z House H HR 2004-04-01 108 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-04-01T15:01:45Z Afghan Women Security and Freedom Act of 2004 108 2032 S 2004-01-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Identical bill CRS 2004-04-01 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2004-04-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-04-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 14 N D000136 Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] THOMAS DAVIS R VA M. 11 2004-04-01 True B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3] CORRINE BROWN D FL 3 2004-04-01 True M000714 Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD D CA M. 37 2004-04-01 True F000392 Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] MARTIN FROST D TX 24 2004-04-01 True M000590 Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21] MICHAEL MCNULTY D NY R. 21 2004-04-01 True D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 2004-04-01 True W000784 Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4] ALBERT WYNN D MD R. 4 2004-04-01 True L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2004-04-01 True W000314 Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19] ROBERT WEXLER D FL 19 2004-04-01 True A000014 Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] NEIL ABERCROMBIE D HI 1 2004-05-20 False W000794 Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33] Diane Watson D CA E. 33 2004-05-20 False S001153 Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32] HILDA SOLIS D CA L. 32 2004-05-20 False M000627 Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] MARTIN MEEHAN D MA T. 5 2004-06-16 False J000283 Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] JESSE JACKSON D IL L. 2 2004-06-22 False E000226 Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2] BOB ETHERIDGE D NC 2 2004-11-16 False International Affairs Afghanistan Agriculture and Food Armed Forces and National Security Building construction Child health Child sexual abuse Child welfare Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Community health services Compensatory education Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Curricula Democracy Disabled Displaced persons Economic assistance Education Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Emergency Management Emergency housing Environmental Protection Equality before the law Estates (Law) Families Family services Finance and Financial Sector Financial planning Food relief Government Operations and Politics Health Health education Health facilities Higher education Housing and Community Development Human rights Immigration Infant mortality Information services International agencies International law International relief Kidnapping Labor and Employment Land mines Language and languages Law Legal education Legal services Legal status of women Literacy programs Maternal health services Mathematics Medical supplies Mental depression Mental health services Mental illness Midwives Military training Missing children Missing persons Nongovernmental organizations Nonprofit organizations Nursing education Nutrition Peacekeeping forces Personal budgets Police training Post-traumatic stress disorder Prostitution Public health Refugees Refuse and refuse disposal Repatriation Reproduction Right of property School buildings School security Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Secondary education Security measures Sex discrimination Shelters for the homeless Slavery Social Welfare South Asia Technical assistance Technical education Terrorism United Nations United Nations finances Vaccination Vocational and technical education Voter registration Voting rights War casualties War relief Widows Women Women in government Women's education Women's employment Women's health Women's rights Women's shelters Women's voting International Affairs 00 2004-04-01 Introduced in House 2004-04-16T20:07:55Z Afghan Women Security and Freedom Act of 2004 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the international community should commit substantial resources, including peacekeeping forces, for protecting the rights of women, reestablishing democracy, and eliminating terrorism in Afghanistan; (2) the United States should strongly support the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs and the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission; (3) international peacekeeping forces and reconstruction teams should be authorized to stop violations of human rights and women's rights; (4) U.S. foreign policy should ensure restoration of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, assist in their recovery from the repression of the Taliban and prolonged warfare, and strengthen Afghan institutions led by women; and (5) assistance to Afghanistan should be conditioned on the Afghan Government's adherence to international standards for women's rights and human rights.

Authorizes the President to provide assistance for women and children in Afghanistan for the purpose of promoting women's rights and human rights and providing health care, education, training, security, and shelter.

]]> Afghan Women Security and Freedom Act of 2004 Display Title Afghan Women Security and Freedom Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To provide assistance and security for women and children in Afghanistan, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Afghan Women Security and Freedom Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-04-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4117ih/xml/BILLS-108hr4117ih.xml 2004-04-01 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.