Desert Locust Control Act
Latest action · Jul 21, 2021 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.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2021
- Passed HouseJul 20, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Desert Locust Control Act
This bill requires the President to establish an interagency working group to (1) coordinate the U.S. response to the ongoing desert locust outbreak in the East Africa region and its impact on food security and political stability, including in the context of restrictions relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019); (2) review the effectiveness of regional and multilateral efforts to eradicate the desert locust outbreak; and (3) develop and implement a plan to control the desert locust outbreak.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2021 to Apr 22, 2021; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Feb 15, 2021 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Mar 26, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Apr 22, 2021 |
Committees 2
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 15, 2021Markup Mar 25, 2021 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jul 21, 2021 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2021Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Jul 20, 2021Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 535, proceedings on H.R. 1079 are considered vacated.
- Jul 20, 2021Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 7 of H. Res. 535, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 678; H.R. 1036; H.R. 1079, as amended; H.R. 1158; H.R. 1250; H.R. 1754; H.R. 1833, as amended; H.R. 1850; H.R. 1871; H.R. 1877, as amended; H.R. 1893; H.R. 1895; H.R. 2118; H.R. 2795, as amended; H.R. 2928; H.R. 2980, as amended; H.R. 3003; H.R. 3138, as amended; H.R. 3223; H.R. 3263; and H.R. 3264; and the following resolutions were agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 277; and H. Res. 294. (consideration: CR H3715-3730; text: CR H3716-3717)
- Jul 19, 2021Ms. Houlahan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 19, 2021Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3655-3657; text: CR H3655-3656)
- Jul 19, 2021DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1079.
- Jul 19, 2021At 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.
- Mar 25, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 25, 2021Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Feb 15, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 15, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 2
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3715Text printed H3716 | Steny H. Hoyer D-MD | Jul 20, 2021 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3655–H3657Text printed H3655 | Chrissy Houlahan D-PA, Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, Karen Bass D-CA | Jul 19, 2021 |
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
- Apr 9, 2021H.R. 1079, Desert Locust Control ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 25, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 29, February 15, 2021, page H515.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-20 | MARKUP OF H.R. 391, H.R. 1079, H.R. 1145, H.R. 1500, H.R. 1158, H.R. 1083, H.R. 1392, H.R. 1464, H.R. 256, H.R. 2118, H.Res. 245, H.R. 1934397 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Mar 25, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish an interagency working group to develop a comprehensive, strategic plan to control locust outbreaks in the East Africa region and address future outbreaks in order to avert mass scale food insecurity and potential political destabilization, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Desert Locust Control Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Desert Locust Control Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Desert Locust Control Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Africa
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Food assistance and relief
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Insects
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Pest management
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- World health
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2021Referred in Senate
- Jul 20, 2021Engrossed in House
- Feb 15, 2021Introduced 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.
