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H.R. 4188 (109th)

Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act of 2005

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Introduced

1 November 2005

Last action

1 November 2005 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

Sponsors

Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3], Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5], Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2], Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2], Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9], Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

15 August 2025

Healthcare

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Summary

Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act of 2005 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide assistance for voluntary family planning programs in developing countries, including activities to: (1) improve public knowledge of voluntary family planning programs; (2) support public and private voluntary family planning programs, including networks for community-based and subsidized commercial distribution of contraceptives; (3) expand training for health care providers and educators; (4) provide improved coordination between voluntary family planning programs and programs that receive U.S. assistance for the prevention of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections; and (5) strengthen supply chain logistics for the procurement and distribution of safe contraceptives, including coordination with the supply chain for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment. Gives priority to developing countries with acute family planning and maternal health needs. Authorizes appropriations.

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Timeline

  1. 1 November 2005

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

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  2. 1 November 2005

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    Introduced in House

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  3. 1 November 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

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