22 U.S.C. § 2370b — Humanitarian assistance code of conduct
submitted 21 years ago by Pub. L. 109-13 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 196 words · no verdicts yet
Organizations receiving certain foreign-operations funds must protect aid beneficiaries from sexual exploitation and abuse through a conduct code. The section sets United Nations consistency, reporting, and effective-date rules.
(a) Funds under the headings Migration and Refugee Assistance, United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund, International Disaster and Famine Assistance, or Transition Initiatives may not be obligated to an organization that has not adopted a code protecting beneficiaries from sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian relief. (b) As far as practicable, the code must match the six core principles of the United Nations Inter-Agency Standing Committee task force on this subject. (c) Within 180 days after May 11, 2005, and again within one year, the President must report implementation to the appropriate congressional committees. (d) The section takes effect 60 days after May 11, 2005, and applies to fiscal-year 2005 and later funds obligated after that date.
None of the funds made available for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs under the headings “Migration and Refugee Assistance”, “United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund”, “International Disaster and Famine Assistance”, or “Transition Initiatives” may be obligated to an organization that fails to adopt a code of conduct that provides for the protection of beneficiaries of assistance under any such heading from sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian relief operations.
The code of conduct referred to in subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be consistent with the six core principles of the United Nations Inter-Agency Standing Committee Task Force on Protection From Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Crises.
Not later than 180 days after May 11, 2005, and not later than one year after May 11, 2005, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of this section.
This section shall take effect 60 days after May 11, 2005, and shall apply to funds obligated after such date for fiscal year 2005 and any subsequent fiscal year.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 109–13, div. A, title II, § 2110, May 11, 2005, 119 Stat. 268.)
- 2005Enacted · Pub. L. 109-13 · 119 Stat. 268
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