[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1935 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1935

To provide for increased United States assistance to improve the health 
             of women and children in developing countries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 1993

 Mr. McDermott (for himself, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Mfume, Mrs. Morella, and 
Ms. McKinney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for increased United States assistance to improve the health 
             of women and children in developing countries.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Woman and Child Health 
Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

    For each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996, United States 
contributions to international organizations (such as the United 
Nations Children's Fund and the World Health Organization) and 
nongovernmental organizations for programs to immunize people in high-
mortality countries for diseases such as measles and polio, shall be at 
least $100,000,000 greater than the amount of such contributions for 
fiscal year 1993.

SEC. 3. MATERNAL AND CHILD VITAMIN A, IRON, AND IODINE PROGRAMS FOR 
              DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

    For each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996, the United States 
shall provide--
            (1) at least $28,000,000 for vitamin A supplementation and 
        fortification programs, and
            (2) at least $22,000,000 for iodine and iron 
        supplementation and fortification programs for pregnant women,
in addition to amounts currently being provided for child survival and 
maternal health programs under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (relating to economic assistance programs, including the economic 
support fund) and under the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance of 1954 (relating to food assistance programs).

SEC. 4. HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

    For each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996, the Agency for 
International Development shall ensure that at least the equivalent of 
an additional $100,000,000 (using parallel market exchange rates when 
those rates differ from official exchange rates) in local currencies 
made available under foreign assistance programs is used to provide 
training, compensation, and other support for maternal and child health 
workers in developing countries, in addition to amounts currently being 
used for such purpose.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the preceding sections of this Act.

SEC. 6. OFFSETTING REDUCTION IN MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

    In order to provide funding to carry out the preceding sections of 
this Act without increasing the overall foreign assistance budget, 
United States military assistance programs for each of the fiscal years 
1994 through 1996 shall be reduced to a level that is at least 
$150,000,000 less than the amount requested by the President for such 
programs for fiscal year 1994.

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