FORCE Act
Latest action · Jan 13, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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 13, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fighting Oppression until the Reign of Castro Ends Act or the FORCE Act
This bill prohibits removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism until the President makes the determination that a transition government in Cuba is in power.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 13, 2021 to Sep 22, 2021; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Original | Jan 13, 2021 |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Original | Jan 13, 2021 |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Original | Jan 13, 2021 |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Original | Jan 13, 2021 |
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | Original | Jan 13, 2021 |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Original | Jan 13, 2021 |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Original | Jan 13, 2021 |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | Original | Jan 13, 2021 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Jan 15, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Jan 15, 2021 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Mar 11, 2021 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| R-CO | Ken Buck | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Jul 22, 2021 | |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| R-AR | Steve Womack | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| R-IN | Victoria Spartz | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| R-OR | Cliff Bentz | Sep 22, 2021 |
Committees 1
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 Jan 13, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 13, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H194H.R. 287–321 | — | Jan 13, 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 8, January 13, 2021, page H194.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47246 | Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 117th Congress Archived | Report | Dec 28, 2022 |
| IN11611 | Cuba: Challenges for U.S. Policymakers in 2021 Archived | Insight | Feb 22, 2021 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the removal of Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism until Cuba satisfies certain conditions, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- FORCE Act
- Fighting Oppression until the Reign of Castro Ends Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 13, 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.
