[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4436 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4436

        To nullify certain rules related to foreign assistance.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 2026

Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Van 
   Hollen, Mr. Coons, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. 
   Duckworth, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Kim, Ms. 
   Alsobrooks, Mr. King, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
   Kelly, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Lujan, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
        To nullify certain rules related to foreign assistance.

    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 ``Protecting Human Rights and Public 
Health in Foreign Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. NULLIFYING CERTAIN RULES RELATING TO FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) No force or effect.--The final rules described in 
        subsection (b) and any successor or substantially similar rules 
        shall have no force or effect.
            (2) Prohibition.--No Federal department or agency may take 
        any action--
                    (A) to implement, administer, or enforce the final 
                rules described in subsection (b); or
                    (B) to propose, finalize, implement, administer, or 
                enforce any successor or substantially similar rules or 
                policies to the final rules described in subsection 
                (b).
            (3) Retroactivity.--The final rules described in subsection 
        (b) shall be treated as though they had never taken effect.
    (b) Final Rules Described.--The final rules described in this 
subsection are--
            (1) the final rule submitted by the Department of State 
        relating to ``Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance'' (91 Fed. 
        Reg. 3319; January 27, 2026).
            (2) the final rule submitted by the Department of State 
        relating to ``Combating Discriminatory Equity Ideology in 
        Foreign Assistance Rules'' (91 Fed. Reg. 3345; January 27, 
        2026).
            (3) the final rule submitted by the Department of State 
        relating to ``Combating Gender Ideology in Foreign Assistance'' 
        (91 Fed. Reg. 3332; January 27, 2026).
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