No Russian Agriculture Act
Latest action · Jan 16, 2024 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.
- IntroducedJul 20, 2023
- Passed HouseJan 12, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Russian Agriculture Act
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to instruct U.S. representatives to international financial institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund) to vote and advocate for such institutions to (1) support projects that decrease reliance on Russia for agricultural commodities, (2) ensure the resilience of global grain supplies, and (3) stimulate private investment in such projects.
This requirement shall be repealed at the earlier of (1) five years after this bill's enactment, or (2) 30 days after the President reports to Congress that termination of the requirement is important to U.S. national interest.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 20, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Original | Jul 20, 2023 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2023Markup Jul 26, 2023Reported Dec 19, 2023 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jan 16, 2024 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Jan 12, 2024Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H125)
- Jan 12, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 1/11/2024 CR H68-69)
- Jan 12, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 11, 2024Mr. McHenry moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jan 11, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H68-69)
- Jan 11, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4768.
- Jan 11, 2024At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. McHenry objected to the Yea - Nay vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
- Dec 19, 2023Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-327.
- Dec 19, 2023Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 266.
- Jul 26, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 26, 2023Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.
- Jul 20, 2023Introduced in House
- Jul 20, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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 H125 | — | Jan 12, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H68, H69Text printed H68 | Maxine Waters D-CA, Patrick T. McHenry R-NC | Jan 11, 2024 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 7, 2023H.R. 4768, No Russian Agriculture ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 26, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 125, July 20, 2023, page H3889.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41170 | Multilateral Development Banks: Overview and Issues for Congress | Report | Sep 13, 2023 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the United States Executive Directors at the international financial institutions to advocate for investment in projects that decrease reliance on Russia for agricultural commodities.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- No Russian Agriculture Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- No Russian Agriculture Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- No Russian Agriculture Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- No Russian Agriculture Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2024Referred in Senate
- Jan 12, 2024Engrossed in House
- Dec 19, 2023Reported in House
- Jul 20, 2023Introduced 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.
