3.0.0 4003 2023-01-11T13:46:12Z 2023-01-11T13:46:12Z Senate S 2020-06-18 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-18T19:40:49Z 2020-06-18 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-06-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2020-06-18 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2020-06-18 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2020-06-18 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2020-06-18 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-06-18 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-06-18 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2020-06-18 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2020-06-18 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-07-02 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-07-20 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-07-20 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2020-08-06 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-09-10 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2020-09-10 False R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-09-10 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2020-09-16 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-09-17 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2020-09-23 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2020-09-23 False International Affairs Conflicts and wars Congressional oversight Crime prevention Crime victims Crimes against women Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Foreign aid and international relief Health care coverage and access Human rights International organizations and cooperation Mental health Sex offenses Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Violent crime Women's health World health International Affairs 00 2020-06-18 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-10T23:04:04Z Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of State to carry out activities under the Safe from the Start program to prevent, mitigate, and respond to gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies around the world. (The Safe from the Start program addresses childhood exposure to violence.)

Such activities shall include (1) training and capacity building for humanitarian personnel; (2) deployment of, and support for, gender advisors and female humanitarian aid workers; (3) use of standards, guidelines, and best practices to address gender-based violence; (4) expanding and improving empowerment activities; and (5) establishing accountability mechanisms and monitoring and reporting tools to prevent and respond to incidents of sexual or other gender-based exploitation or abuse.

The State Department must submit an annual report that includes an analysis of data and research regarding the key drivers of gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies, as well as a detailed description of the programs, diplomatic efforts, and other activities taken to implement Safe from the Start.

]]> Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act of 2020 Display Title Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve United States consideration of, and strategic support for, programs to prevent and respond to gender-based violence from the onset of humanitarian emergencies and to build the capacity of humanitarian actors to address the immediate and long-term challenges resulting from such violence, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4003is/xml/BILLS-116s4003is.xml 2020-06-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 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.