Georgian Fair Business Practices Sanctions Act of 2019
Latest action · Apr 8, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Georgian Fair Business Practices Sanctions Act of 2019
This bill directs the President to periodically report to Congress on (1) whether the government of Georgia is undermining commitments or contractual agreements made with U.S. business persons operating in Georgia, and (2) the identities of current or former Georgian officials who are responsible for such actions. The report shall include a summary of U.S. government and nongovernment investment in Georgia.
If the President determines that Georgia has committed such actions, the President shall impose financial and trade assistance sanctions on the government of Georgia and visa and property blocking sanctions on identified officials.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2019 to Jun 15, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| R-TX | Will Hurd | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Feb 4, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Feb 5, 2020 | |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Feb 11, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Feb 18, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Mar 3, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Jodey C. Arrington | Mar 13, 2020 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | May 5, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | May 28, 2020 | |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | Jun 15, 2020 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2019 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2019 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2019 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Apr 8, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Feb 28, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 28, 2019Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 37, February 28, 2019, page H2316.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To impose sanctions with respect to the Government of Georgia if the President determines that the Government of Georgia is taking actions to undermine commitments or contractual agreements with United States persons engaging in business operations in the country of Georgia, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Georgian Fair Business Practices Sanctions Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Asia
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Congressional oversight
- Contracts and agency
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Employee hiring
- Europe
- Foreign property
- Georgia (Republic)
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Health personnel
- International Affairs
- Labor-management relations
- Sanctions
- U.S. and foreign investments
- Veterans' medical care
- Visas and passports
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
