HR 5273 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018

Introduced Mar 14, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Eliot L. Engel D-NY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 28, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 14, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNov 27, 2018
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018

This bill directs the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to: (1) establish the Global Initiative to Reduce Fragility and Violence, related to reducing and addressing the causes of violence, violent conflict, and fragility, with a focus on 10 pilot countries to be determined by USAID; and (2) develop and submit to Congress an initial interagency implementing strategy which shall include individual pilot country plans.

The bill provides for initiative and pilot plan updates.

The Government Accountability Office shall review U.S. government activities in each pilot country.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 421On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedPassed376–16Nov 27, 2018

Yea 376

Nay 16

Not voting 38

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2018 to Nov 27, 2018; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMar 14, 2018
R-TXMichael T. McCaulOriginalMar 14, 2018
R-CAPaul CookOriginalMar 14, 2018
R-TXTed PoeOriginalMar 14, 2018
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalMar 14, 2018
D-CAAmi BeraSep 25, 2018
R-MOAnn WagnerSep 25, 2018
D-CABrad ShermanSep 25, 2018
D-RIDavid N. CicillineSep 25, 2018
R-WIF. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.Sep 25, 2018
R-FLFrancis RooneySep 25, 2018
D-CAKaren BassSep 25, 2018
D-PAMatt CartwrightSep 25, 2018
D-CATed LieuSep 25, 2018
R-NYJohn J. FasoNov 27, 2018

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred Mar 14, 2018Markup Sep 27, 2018
SenateForeign Relations Committee
Referred Nov 28, 2018

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 28, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  2. Nov 27, 2018Mr. Royce (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  3. Nov 27, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9587-9591)
  4. Nov 27, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5273.
  5. Nov 27, 2018At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
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In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H9587–H9591Text printed H9587–H9589Recorded votes H9653enactEdward R. Royce R-CA, Eliot L. Engel D-NY, Michael T. McCaul R-TX, Ted Poe R-TXNov 27, 2018

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Nov 14, 2018H.R. 5273, Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on September 27, 2018

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 45, March 14, 2018, page H1608.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 115-158VARIOUS MEASURES180 pagesForeign Affairs CommitteeSep 27, 2018

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3368Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018Related billAug 22, 2018

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To reduce global fragility and violence by improving the capacity of the United States to reduce and address the causes of violence, violent conflict, and fragility in pilot countries, and for other purposes.
Official Titles as Amended by House
To reduce global fragility and violence by improving the capacity of the United States to reduce and address the causes of violence, violent conflict, and fragility, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018
Short Titles as Passed House
Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 28, 2018Referred in Senate
  2. Nov 27, 2018Engrossed in House
  3. Mar 14, 2018Introduced in House

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