Humanitarian Assistance Facilitation Act of 2013

3.0.0 3526 2023-01-11T13:23:49Z 2023-01-11T13:23:49Z House H HR 2013-11-18 113 [Pages H7252-H7253]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio:H.R. 3542.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of theConstitution: The Congress shall have power to enact thislegislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, andamong the several states, and with the Indian tribes.[[Page H7253]]ADDITIONAL SPONSORSUnder clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills andresolutions as follows:H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards.H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston.H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda.H.R. 274: Mr. Keating.H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon.H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York.H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr.Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee.H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen.H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum.H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee,and Mrs. McMorris Rodgers.H.R. 713: Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr.Honda.H.R. 715: Mr. McNerney and Mr. Perlmutter.H.R. 809: Mr. Fincher.H.R. 919: Mr. Ryan of Ohio.H.R. 997: Mr. Latham and Mrs. Miller of Michigan.H.R. 1020: Ms. Foxx.H.R. 1024: Mr. Barrow of Georgia.H.R. 1124: Mrs. Beatty.H.R. 1179: Mr. Cohen and Mrs. Christensen.H.R. 1199: Mr. Garcia.H.R. 1209: Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Pittenger,Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Mr. King of New York, andMs. Fudge.H.R. 1248: Mr. Bachus.H.R. 1310: Mr. Lamborn.H.R. 1339: Mr. Lipinski and Mrs. Capito.H.R. 1428: Mr. Price of North Carolina.H.R. 1429: Mr. Bishop of New York.H.R. 1449: Mr. Ross, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Lummis, and Mr.Southerland.H.R. 1461: Mr. Hunter and Mr. Nugent.H.R. 1518: Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Crenshaw, andMr. Bilirakis.H.R. 1563: Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Wasserman Schultz,and Mr. Graves of Missouri.H.R. 1601: Mr. Cartwright.H.R. 1616: Mr. Gibson.H.R. 1666: Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr.Lipinski, and Ms. Eshoo.H.R. 1717: Mr. David Scott of Georgia and Ms. Kuster.H.R. 1726: Ms. Frankel of Florida.H.R. 1761: Mr. Roe of Tennessee.H.R. 1779: Mr. Peterson.H.R. 1830: Ms. Esty.H.R. 1851: Ms. Kuster and Mr. Horsford.H.R. 1852: Mr. Ross, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Lummis, Mr.Labrador, and Ms. Brownley of California.H.R. 1869: Mr. Wittman.H.R. 1878: Ms. Frankel of Florida.H.R. 1920: Mr. Rigell.H.R. 1985: Mr. Goodlatte.H.R. 1992: Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois and Mr. Sires.H.R. 2027: Mr. Cassidy.H.R. 2028: Mr. Tierney.H.R. 2144: Mr. Duncan of South Carolina.H.R. 2305: Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania.H.R. 2385: Mrs. Wagner.H.R. 2446: Mrs. Wagner.H.R. 2553: Ms. Moore, Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Titus, and Mr.George Miller of California.H.R. 2560: Mr. Rangel.H.R. 2607: Mrs. Carolyn B. 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00 2013-11-18 Introduced in House 2013-11-22T19:55:57Z Humanitarian Assistance Facilitation Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that humanitarian organizations acting in good faith and with the appropriate restrictions and controls in place should not be prevented from providing aid to civilian populations before or early on in humanitarian crises, such as in the famine in al-Shabaab-controlled areas of Somalia.

Amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to permit under specified conditions persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction to enter into transactions with certain sanctioned foreign persons that are customary, necessary, and incidental to the donation or provision of goods or services to prevent or alleviate the suffering of civilian populations.

Directs the Secretary of State to establish an Advisory Council on United States Policy Related to Non-Governmental Activities to Prevent and Respond to Human Suffering in Areas Affected By Certain Sanctioned Foreign Persons.

Amends the federal criminal code to exclude from the definition of "material support or resources" (regarding foreign terrorist organizations) engaging in speech or communication with a terrorist organization to prevent or alleviate the suffering of a civilian population, including speech or communication to reduce or eliminate the frequency and severity of violent conflict and reducing its impact on the civilian population.

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Humanitarian Assistance Facilitation Act of 2013 Display Title Humanitarian Assistance Facilitation Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced To permit persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to enter into transactions with certain sanctioned foreign persons that are customary, necessary, and incidental to the donation or provision of goods or services to prevent or alleviate the suffering of civilian populations, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Humanitarian Assistance Facilitation Act of 2013 Introduced in House 2013-11-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr3526ih/xml/BILLS-113hr3526ih.xml 2014-01-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. 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.