Kleptocrat Exposure Act
Latest action · Jul 30, 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.
- IntroducedJun 24, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Kleptocrat Exposure Act
This bill authorizes the Department of State to make publicly available certain records related to a visa denial based on an alien's involvement in gross violations of human rights or significant acts of corruption, such as extrajudicial killings or expropriating public assets for personal gain. (Records related to visa applications are generally confidential unless they fall within certain exceptions.)
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2019 to Mar 3, 2020, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jun 24, 2019 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jun 24, 2019 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Jun 24, 2019 |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | Original | Jun 24, 2019 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jun 24, 2019 |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Original | Jun 24, 2019 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Nov 18, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Dec 16, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Dec 18, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jan 9, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jan 27, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Mar 3, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Will Hurd | Mar 3, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Jun 24, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 24, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Human rights
- Immigration
- Public contracts and procurement
- Religion
- Right of privacy
- Visas and passports
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2019Introduced in House
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