Congress Proposes Protecting Foreign Health Groups’ Access to U.S. Aid Despite Legal Services They Fund
This bill is currently sitting in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. No action has been taken on the proposal since January 2025, which means it has been stalled for about 17 months. The House committee must choose to review or vote on the bill before it can move forward.
No action since January 2025
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 1838 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 1838 (118th) →Govbase has not yet run an impact analysis on this legislation.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Discusses expanded conditions on U.S. foreign aid and global health funding; includes discussion of the global gag rule context that the Global HER Act seeks to block.
Policy brief explaining H.R.764/S.280 (Global HER Act) and arguing Congress should pass it to prevent future re-imposition of the global gag rule.
Statement responding to the bill’s reintroduction; describes the legislation’s purpose and links it to the foreign aid eligibility restrictions it would block.
No votes or related bills recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
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