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HR 5545 118th Congress House International Affairs

Global WASH in Healthcare Facilities Act of 2023

Introduced: October 6, 2023 Introduced by: Meng, Grace Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sep 18, 2023
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Global WASH in Healthcare Facilities Act of 2023

This bill requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement an action plan to increase global access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in healthcare facilities. USAID shall develop and submit to Congress such an action plan to (1) increase access to safe water in healthcare facilities; (2) enable handwashing at all points of care; (3) provide for the safe segregation, treatment, and disposal of healthcare and human waste; and (4) promote WASH behavior change.

What's happening now September 18, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 10 Republican 2
D
Tonko, Paul
New York · May 23, 2024
 D
Levin, Mike
California · Apr 16, 2024
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Apr 9, 2024
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 5, 2024
Molinaro, Marcus
· Dec 19, 2023
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Dec 7, 2023
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Nov 21, 2023
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 13, 2023
Trone, David
· Nov 7, 2023
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Nov 1, 2023
 D
Tokuda, Jill N.
Hawaii · Oct 20, 2023
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 17, 2023
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Carson, André
Indiana · Oct 6, 2023
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Oct 6, 2023
Blumenauer, Earl
· Sep 18, 2023
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LaHood, Darin
Illinois · Sep 18, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5545: Global WASH in Healthcare Facilities Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5545/
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"H.R. 5545: Global WASH in Healthcare Facilities Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5545/.
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H.R. 5545, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5545/.
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