[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 615 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 615

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 16, 2019

 Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Engel, Ms. Moore, Ms. Norton, Mr. Keating, 
 Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Espaillat, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Haaland, Ms. 
  Omar, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Raskin, Ms. 
Bass, Mr. Meeks, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. 
Torres of California, Mr. Payne, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Hill of California, 
  Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Deutch) 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 2019''.

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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