H.R. 8582
Protecting Human Rights and Public Health in Foreign Assistance Act
Sponsor: Grace Meng
187 cosponsors
- Doris O. Matsui
- Emilia Strong Sykes
- Jill N. Tokuda
- Robert Garcia
- Rosa L. DeLauro
- Judy Chu
- Maxwell Frost
- Salud O. Carbajal
- Stephen F. Lynch
- Suzan K. DelBene
- Seth Magaziner
- Valerie P. Foushee
- Johnny Olszewski, Jr.
- Teresa Leger Fernandez
- Wesley Bell
- Yassamin Ansari
- Adriano Espaillat
- Andrea Salinas
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Jason Crow
- Lizzie Fletcher
- Mark DeSaulnier
- Mary Gay Scanlon
- Melanie A. Stansbury
- Ro Khanna
- Sarah Elfreth
- Shri Thanedar
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Sylvia R. Garcia
- Ayanna Pressley
- James E. Clyburn
- Jim Costa
- Terri A. Sewell
- Val T. Hoyle
- Frank Pallone, Jr.
- William R. Keating
- Chris Pappas
- George Latimer
- Chellie Pingree
- Christian D. Menefee
- George Whitesides
- Katherine M. Clark
- Kim Schrier
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
- Nydia M. Velázquez
- Ami Bera
- Brendan F. Boyle
- Debbie Dingell
- Greg Casar
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
- Juan Vargas
- LaMonica McIver
- Mike Quigley
- Nikki Budzinski
- Richard E. Neal
- Ted Lieu
- Betty McCollum
- Bradley Scott Schneider
- Daniel S. Goldman
- Danny K. Davis
- Dina Titus
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
- Ed Case
- Emily Randall
- Frederica S. Wilson
- Gabe Amo
- Greg Stanton
- Ilhan Omar
- Janice D. Schakowsky
- Lateefah Simon
- Lloyd Doggett
- Madeleine Dean
- Mark Takano
- Maxine Dexter
- Paul Tonko
- Raja Krishnamoorthi
- Rashida Tlaib
- Rick Larsen
- Sarah McBride
- Scott H. Peters
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove
- Angie Craig
- Chrissy Houlahan
- James P. McGovern
- Deborah K. Ross
- Jerrold Nadler
- Pete Aguilar
- Adam Smith
- André Carson
- Becca Balint
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Jasmine Crockett
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García
- John Garamendi
- Jonathan L. Jackson
- Marilyn Strickland
- April McClain Delaney
- Bennie G. Thompson
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Brad Sherman
- Christopher R. Deluzio
- Donald Norcross
- Eric Sorensen
- Haley M. Stevens
- John B. Larson
- Kelly Morrison
- Lauren Underwood
- Lucy McBath
- Maggie Goodlander
- Delia C. Ramirez
- Kweisi Mfume
- Veronica Escobar
- Emanuel Cleaver
- Nellie Pou
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Derek Tran
- Eugene Simon Vindman
- James A. Himes
- Laura Friedman
- Sam T. Liccardo
- Steny H. Hoyer
- Suhas Subramanyam
- Zoe Lofgren
- Maxine Waters
- Steve Cohen
- Mike Thompson
- Josh Gottheimer
- Greg Landsman
- Adelita S. Grijalva
- Jamie Raskin
- Joaquin Castro
- Joyce Beatty
- Mike Levin
- Julie Johnson
- Analilia Mejia
- Brittany Pettersen
- Everton Blair Jr.
- Jahana Hayes
- Janelle S. Bynum
- Jimmy Panetta
- Joe Courtney
- Luz M. Rivas
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
- Thomas R. Suozzi
- James R. Walkinshaw
- Al Green
- Raul Ruiz
- Diana DeGette
- Gregory W. Meeks
- Lois Frankel
- Pramila Jayapal
- Sara Jacobs
- Lori Trahan
- Herbert C. Conaway, Jr.
- Julia Brownley
- Sharice Davids
- Bill Foster
- Dave Min
- Glenn Ivey
- Gwen Moore
- Hillary J. Scholten
- Jake Auchincloss
- Jared Huffman
- Jennifer L. McClellan
- Jimmy Gomez
- Joe Neguse
- Joseph D. Morelle
- Josh Harder
- Josh Riley
- Kevin Mullin
- Linda T. Sánchez
- Mark Pocan
- Morgan McGarvey
- Nanette Diaz Barragán
- Nikema Williams
- Norma J. Torres
- Patrick Ryan
- Ritchie Torres
- Robert Menendez
- Robin L. Kelly
- Sean Casten
- Seth Moulton
- Shontel M. Brown
- Timothy M. Kennedy
- Troy A. Carter
- Yvette D. Clarke
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Text of the bill
This Act may be cited as the Protecting Human Rights and Public Health in Foreign Assistance Act.
(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).