Responsible Withdrawal from Syria Act
Latest action · Jan 30, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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.
- IntroducedJan 30, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Responsible Withdrawal from Syria Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD), absent a report that addresses specified issues, from spending FY2019 funds to reduce below 1,500 the number of active-duty servicemembers deployed to Syria. Specifically, DOD, the Department of State, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence must report on issues including U.S. political and military strategies in the region and the potential effects of a withdrawal.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2019 to Feb 7, 2019, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| R-TX | Will Hurd | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Feb 7, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 30, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Arab-Israeli relations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- Conflicts and wars
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Defense
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Executive agency funding and structure
- International organizations and cooperation
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Lebanon
- Middle East
- Military operations and strategy
- Military personnel and dependents
- Oil and gas
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Reconstruction and stabilization
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Religion
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- Terrorism
- Turkey
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2019Introduced in House
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