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Bill May 16, 2026

Protecting Human Rights and Public Health in Foreign Assistance Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8582 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8582 To nullify certain rules related to foreign assistance. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 29, 2026 Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Jacobs, and Mr. Meeks) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ 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

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Marilyn Strickland U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mark Takano U.S. Representative Cosponsor Dina Titus U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sarah McBride U.S. Representative Betty McCollum U.S. Representative Cosponsor James McGovern U.S. Representative Cosponsor Gregory Meeks U.S. Representative Cosponsor Grace Meng U.S. Representative Sponsor Kweisi Mfume U.S. Representative Cosponsor Patty Murray U.S. Senator Cosponsor Jerrold Nadler U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ilhan Omar U.S. Representative Cosponsor Scott Peters U.S. Representative Cosponsor Delia Ramirez U.S. Representative Cosponsor Deborah Ross U.S. Representative Cosponsor Brian Schatz U.S. Senator Cosponsor Bradley Schneider U.S. Representative Cosponsor Charles Schumer U.S. Senator Cosponsor Jeanne Shaheen U.S. Senator Sponsor Adam Smith U.S. Representative Cosponsor Greg Stanton U.S. Representative Cosponsor Becca Balint U.S. Representative Cosponsor Donald Beyer U.S. Representative Cosponsor André Carson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Angie Craig U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jasmine Crockett U.S. Representative Cosponsor Madeleine Dean U.S. Representative Cosponsor Diana DeGette U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lloyd Doggett U.S. Representative Cosponsor Veronica Escobar U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lois Frankel U.S. Representative Cosponsor John Garamendi U.S. Representative Cosponsor Chrissy Houlahan U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jonathan Jackson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sara Jacobs U.S. Representative Cosponsor Andy Kim U.S. Senator Cosponsor Raja Krishnamoorthi U.S. Representative Cosponsor Rick Larsen U.S. Representative Cosponsor Steve Cohen U.S. Representative Cosponsor Maxine Waters U.S. Representative Cosponsor Josh Gottheimer U.S. Representative Cosponsor Joyce Beatty U.S. Representative Cosponsor Joaquin Castro U.S. Representative Cosponsor Salud Carbajal U.S. Representative Cosponsor Judy Chu U.S. Representative Cosponsor Suzan DelBene U.S. Representative Cosponsor Maxwell Frost U.S. Representative Cosponsor Stephen Lynch U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lori Trahan U.S. Representative Cosponsor Adelita Grijalva U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mike Levin U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jamie Raskin U.S. Representative Cosponsor Yassamin Ansari U.S. Representative Cosponsor Wesley Bell U.S. Representative Cosponsor Teresa Leger Fernandez U.S. Representative Cosponsor Johnny Olszewski U.S. Representative Cosponsor Adam Schiff U.S. Senator Cosponsor Peter Welch U.S. Senator Cosponsor Julie Johnson U.S. Representative Cosponsor James Walkinshaw U.S. Representative Cosponsor Gilbert Cisneros U.S. Representative Cosponsor William Keating U.S. Representative Cosponsor George Latimer U.S. Representative Cosponsor Chris Pappas U.S. Representative Cosponsor Nydia Velázquez U.S. Representative Cosponsor Julia Brownley U.S. Representative Cosponsor Herbert Conaway U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sharice Davids U.S. Representative Cosponsor April McClain Delaney U.S. Representative Cosponsor Amy Klobuchar U.S. Senator Cosponsor Edward Markey U.S. Senator Cosponsor Suzanne Bonamici U.S. Representative Cosponsor Jason Crow U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mark DeSaulnier U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sarah Elfreth U.S. Representative Cosponsor Adriano Espaillat U.S. Representative Cosponsor Lizzie Fletcher U.S. Representative Cosponsor Sylvia Garcia U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ro Khanna U.S. Representative Cosponsor Andrea Salinas U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mary Scanlon U.S. Representative Cosponsor Melanie Stansbury U.S. Representative Cosponsor Shri Thanedar U.S. Representative Cosponsor Debbie Wasserman Schultz U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ruben Gallego U.S. Senator Cosponsor Martin Heinrich U.S. Senator Cosponsor Tina Smith U.S. Senator Cosponsor Alejandro Padilla U.S. Senator Cosponsor Elizabeth Warren U.S. Senator Cosponsor Ami Bera U.S. Representative Cosponsor Brendan Boyle U.S. Representative Cosponsor Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski U.S. Representative Cosponsor Gregorio Casar U.S. Representative Cosponsor Debbie Dingell U.S. Representative Cosponsor Henry Johnson U.S. Representative Cosponsor Ted Lieu U.S. Representative Cosponsor LaMonica McIver U.S. Representative Cosponsor Richard Neal U.S. Representative Cosponsor Mike Quigley U.S. Representative Cosponsor Juan Vargas U.S. Representative Cosponsor

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