117th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To provide women and girls safe access to sanitation facilities in refugee camps.
February 18, 2021
Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Norton, Ms. Omar, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Sires, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Soto, Mrs. Torres of California, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Costa, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Welch, Mr. Harder of California, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Vela, and Ms. Barragán) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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,
This Act may be cited as the “Refugee Sanitation Facility Safety Act of 2021”.
SEC. 2. Secure access to sanitation facilities for women and girls.
Subsection (a) of section 501 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2601 note) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (11) as paragraphs (7) through (12), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:
“(6) the provision of safe and secure access to sanitation facilities, with a special emphasis on women, girls, and vulnerable populations.”.