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H.R.3342
Title: To require activities carried out by the United States in Afghanistan and other countries of Central Asia relating to peace negotiations, post-conflict reconstruction and development, refugee relief, resettlement, and repatriation, and peacekeeping operations comply with the basic human rights of women.
Sponsor: Rep Morella, Constance A. [MD-8] (introduced 11/19/2001)      Cosponsors: 28
Latest Major Action: 11/19/2001 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
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11/19/2001:
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
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COSPONSORS(28), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 12/18/2001 [NJ-1] Rep Blumenauer, Earl - 2/7/2002 [OR-3]
Rep Castle, Michael N. - 1/23/2002 [DE] Rep Doyle, Michael F. - 2/7/2002 [PA-18]
Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 12/18/2001 [NY-17] Rep Evans, Lane - 12/18/2001 [IL-17]
Rep Frost, Martin - 12/18/2001 [TX-24] Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 12/18/2001 [NY-26]
Rep Isakson, Johnny - 12/18/2001 [GA-6] Rep Kelly, Sue W. - 12/18/2001 [NY-19]
Rep Kirk, Mark Steven - 12/18/2001 [IL-10] Rep Lee, Barbara - 12/18/2001 [CA-9]
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 11/19/2001 [NY-14] Rep McGovern, James P. - 12/18/2001 [MA-3]
Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 12/18/2001 [GA-4] Rep McNulty, Michael R. - 12/18/2001 [NY-21]
Rep Miller, George - 1/23/2002 [CA-7] Rep Mink, Patsy T. - 1/23/2002 [HI-2]
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 1/23/2002 [NY-8] Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 12/18/2001 [DC]
Rep Payne, Donald M. - 12/18/2001 [NJ-10] Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 12/18/2001 [CA-8]
Rep Sanders, Bernard - 12/18/2001 [VT] Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 12/18/2001 [IL-9]
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 12/18/2001 [NY-28] Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 12/18/2001 [CA-13]
Rep Waters, Maxine - 1/23/2002 [CA-35] Rep Wu, David - 6/25/2002 [OR-1]

SUMMARY AS OF:
11/19/2001--Introduced.

Access for Afghan Women Act of 2001 - Directs the United States to undertake a variety of measures to guard and enhance the quality of life of Afghan and other Central Asian women, including the following: (1) incorporating the perspectives of women's and human rights organizations in matters related to peace and the future governance of Afghanistan; (2) including significant numbers of women in drafting a new constitution for Afghanistan; (3) providing funding for education for all Afghans; (4) increasing Central Asian women's access to and ownership of productive assets and property; (5) providing funding for women-centered economic development programs in Central Asia; (6) assuring the safety and health of female Central Asian refugees; and (7) including women in peacekeeping and peace building measures in Central Asia. Defines Central Asia as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.