HRES 627 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Biden Administration should continue to block all assets of the Government of Afghanistan that are held in accounts of United States financial institutions to ensure the Taliban does not have access to such assets.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 10, 2021 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 10, 2021
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

This resolution states that the President should continue to block the assets of the government of Afghanistan that are held in U.S. financial institutions to ensure that the Taliban does not have access to such assets.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 10, 2021.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLBill PoseyOriginalSep 10, 2021
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalSep 10, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 10, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Sep 10, 2021Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 10, 2021Introduced in House

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