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Introduced

In Committee

3

Passed One Chamber

4

Passed Both

5

Signed into Law

Sponsor

Grace Meng

Democrat · NY · Representative

Votes with party: 97.1% (560 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/M001188

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Cosponsors (76)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

2026-04-29

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Committee Activity

Currently in

House Committee on Foreign AffairsReferred To · 2026-04-29

Previously

Foreign Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2026-04-29

Plain-English Summary

The proposal would cancel certain government rules and regulations that govern how the United States provides aid and assistance to other countries. This would affect how federal agencies distribute foreign aid money and what requirements they must follow when doing so, potentially changing which countries receive assistance and under what conditions.

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Subjects

International Affairs

Full Bill Text

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[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 rule submitted by the Department of State relating to ``Combating Gender Ideology in Foreign Assistance'' (91 Fed. Reg. 3332; January 27, 2026). <all>

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