3.0.0 1001 2023-01-15T15:48:22Z 2023-01-15T15:48:22Z Senate S S 2003-05-06 108 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-05-06T21:08:06Z Women and Children in Conflict Protection Act of 2003 108 2536 HR 2003-06-19 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. Related bill CRS 2003-05-06 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5780-5784) IntroReferral 2003-05-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5779-5780) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-05-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2003-05-06 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2003-05-06 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2003-05-06 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2003-05-06 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2003-05-06 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2003-05-06 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2003-05-07 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2003-05-08 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2003-05-14 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2003-05-19 False S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2003-06-16 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2003-06-16 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2003-06-17 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2003-06-26 False K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2003-06-26 False S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS 2003-07-08 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2004-02-23 False International Affairs AIDS (Disease) Agriculture and Food Alien labor Armed Forces and National Security Boundaries Business education Charities Child abuse Child health Child labor Child nutrition Child safety Child sexual abuse Children's rights Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil-military relations Commerce Compensatory education Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Counseling Credit Credit unions Crime and Law Enforcement Crimes against women Criminal investigation Criminal justice information Curricula Data banks Democracy Department of State Development credit institutions Directories Disaster relief Disasters Disciplining of employees Dismissal 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 crimes Employee selection Employee training Entrepreneurs Ethics Executive reorganization Families Family services Famines Finance and Financial Sector Financial services Food relief Forced labor Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign loans Foreign service Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Health Human immunodeficiency viruses Human rights Immigration Infant mortality Informers Infrastructure International employees International military forces International relief Kidnapping Labor and Employment Law Legal education Legal services Licenses Lighting Maternal health services Mental health services Military education Military personnel Military training Nongovernmental organizations Obstetrics Orphans Peacekeeping forces Personnel records Photography Police Police training Police-community relations Political persecution Prosecution Prostitution Public corruption Rape Recruiting and enlistment Refugees Right of privacy Saving and investment Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Security measures Sex Sex crimes Slavery Small business Social Welfare Technical education Torture Trauma care U.S. Agency for International Development United Nations United Nations structure Victims of crimes Violence Vocational and technical education Wages War crimes War relief Water Resources Development Water supply Whistle blowing Women Women in business Women in public life Women soldiers Women's education Women's employment Women's health Women's organizations Women's rights International Affairs 00 2003-05-06 Introduced in Senate 2004-02-25T20:37:07Z Women and Children in Conflict Protection Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) develop a strategy for the protection of women and children who are affected by a complex humanitarian emergency (a situation occurring outside the United States and caused by armed conflict, natural disaster, food shortage, or state-sponsored harassment or persecution, which results in a significant number of refugees, internally displaced persons, or other civilians requiring urgent basic humanitarian assistance) (emergency); and (2) designate coordinators to implement such strategy.

Requires such coordinators to: (1) maintain and disseminate a database of information on gender-based violence or exploitation of children during an emergency; (2) assist embassies and consular posts in responding to such risks; and (3) establish a gender-based violence or exploitation reporting and monitoring system for U.S. diplomatic missions and consular posts.

Prohibits any State Department refugee or migration assistance from being provided to an organization that has failed to adopt a code of conduct regarding the protection of beneficiaries of humanitarian assistance that incorporates six core principles (established herein) against sexual exploitation and abuse as recommended by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee. Requests all national, multilateral, and nongovernmental agencies to review and revise their administrative, management, and employment practices in refugee and displaced persons camps.

Requires each coordinator to: (1) ensure that U.S.-funded organizations that respond to an emergency have the necessary resources to address the specific health needs of women affected by the emergency; and (2) identify an organization or individual to facilitate the coordination and implementation of such activities.

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

Requires: (1) the State Department to work with certain entities to ensure that, in situations of long-term displacement, refugees and internally displaced persons are granted work permits and other documentation to enable them to generate legitimate income; and (2) a report from the Secretary on the development of protection initiatives for the prevention of gender-based violence and exploitation of children.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement programs to assist communities that have been affected by an emergency and former combatants (women or children affiliated with an armed group); and (2) report on all current programs to assist nations to reconstitute civilian police authority and capability following an emergency.

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide assistance to promote the security of, provide equal access to basic services for, and safeguard the human rights and dignity of civilian women and children who are refugees, displaced persons, or inhabitants of areas affected by an emergency.

]]> Women and Children in Conflict Protection Act of 2003 Display Title Women and Children in Conflict Protection Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to make the protection of women and children who are affected by a complex humanitarian emergency a priority of the United States Government, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Women and Children in Conflict Protection Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-05-06T04:00:00Z 2003-05-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5780-5784) 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.