[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7285 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7285

   To provide women and girls safe access to sanitation facilities in 
                             refugee camps.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2018

   Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Engel, and Mr. Keating) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide women and girls safe access to sanitation facilities in 
                             refugee camps.

    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 ``Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety 
Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. SECURE ACCESS TO SANITATION FACILITIES FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS.

    Section 501 of the Foreign Relations Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
1995 (22 U.S.C. 2601 note) is amended in subsection (a)--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (10);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (11) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) the provision of safe and secure access to 
        sanitation facilities, with a special emphasis on women and 
        girls, and vulnerable populations.''.
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