HR 4213 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

YSEALI Act

Latest action · Sep 15, 2022 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.

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.

  1. IntroducedJun 29, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Act or the YSEALI Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of State's Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative.

The initiative shall include an academic fellows program and a professional fellows program to bring eligible students and professionals to the United States for building practical expertise, leadership skills, and professional networks. The fellows programs shall be open to qualified individuals who are citizens and residents of a member country of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or a country that the State Department determines to be appropriate for the programs.

The State Department shall oversee all U.S.-based activities carried out under the initiative.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 29, 2021 to Sep 21, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NYClaudia TenneyOriginalJun 29, 2021
D-CABrad ShermanSep 14, 2022
D-CAAmi BeraSep 21, 2022
D-CAKaren BassSep 21, 2022
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingSep 21, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseForeign Affairs Committee
Referred Jun 29, 2021Markup Sep 14, 2022Markup Sep 15, 2022
East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee
Referred Aug 4, 2021

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 15, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  2. Sep 15, 2022Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  3. Sep 14, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  4. Aug 4, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
  5. Jun 29, 2021Introduced in House

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseLists H3308H.R. 4213–4215—Jun 29, 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

  1. Sep 23, 2022H.R. 4213, Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on September 15, 2022

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 113, June 29, 2021, page H3308.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 117-877THE ROLE OF TAX INCENTIVES IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING135 pagesFinance CommitteeJul 20, 2022

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To establish the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
YSEALI Act
Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 29, 2021Introduced in House

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