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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 615
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 21, 2019
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
AN ACT
To provide women and girls safe access to sanitation facilities
in refugee camps.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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HR 615 RFS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Refugee Sanitation Fa-
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cility Safety Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. SECURE ACCESS TO SANITATION FACILITIES FOR
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WOMEN AND GIRLS.
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Section 501 of the Foreign Relations Act, Fiscal
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Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2601 note) is amended
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in subsection (a)—
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(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
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(10);
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(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
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graph (11) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(12) the provision of safe and secure access to
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sanitation facilities, with a special emphasis on
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women and girls, and vulnerable populations.’’.
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Passed the House of Representatives May 20, 2019.
Attest:
CHERYL L. JOHNSON,
Clerk.
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