Reasserting congressional prerogatives in foreign policy and reaffirming the importance of following constitutional processes when the United States Government enters into agreements regarding the use or maintenance of the United States Armed Forces or the use of the financial resources of the United States to assist a foreign government or people and clarifying the nature and scope of status of forces agreements.
Latest action · Mar 6, 2008 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
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- IntroducedMar 6, 2008
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that approval by an Act of Congress is required for: (1) any agreement, understanding, or commitment, other than a treaty, entered into by the President or his designee, whether characterized or denominated as a status of forces agreement or otherwise, which purports to impose a binding or enforceable obligation on the United States to use or maintain the U.S. Armed Forces to assist a foreign country, government, or people, either immediately or upon the happening of certain events; (2) any agreement, other than a treaty, between the United States and another country that requires the use of the financial resources of the United States; and (3) any agreement, other than a treaty, between the Republic of Iraq and the United States that imposes burdens in excess of those customarily included in a status of forces agreement.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2008 to Jun 11, 2008, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Mar 6, 2008 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Mar 6, 2008 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Original | Mar 6, 2008 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Mar 31, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Mar 31, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Apr 2, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Apr 30, 2008 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | May 6, 2008 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | May 14, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 11, 2008 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 11, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Jun 11, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jun 11, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 11, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2008Introduced in House
- Mar 6, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congress and military policy
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive relations
- Economic assistance
- Economics and Public Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- International Affairs
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Middle East and North Africa
- Military agreements
- Military assistance
- President and foreign policy
- Treaty-making power
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2008Introduced in House
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