§2370b Humanitarian Assistance Code of Conduct

Summary

Money from the accounts called "Migration and Refugee Assistance," "United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund," "International Disaster and Famine Assistance," and "Transition Initiatives" cannot be given to any group that does not adopt a written code of conduct to protect people getting aid from sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian relief work. That code must, as much as possible, follow the six core principles of the United Nations Inter-Agency Standing Committee Task Force on Protection From Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Crises. The President must send a report to the appropriate congressional committees about how this requirement is being put into practice, with reports due not later than 180 days after May 11, 2005, and not later than one year after May 11, 2005. The rule takes effect 60 days after May 11, 2005, and applies to funds obligated after that date for fiscal year 2005 and later years.