Rohingya GAP Act
Latest action · Jul 11, 2024 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 3.
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 5, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 8, 2024 to Dec 10, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Jul 8, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Jul 8, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jul 10, 2024 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 15, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jul 22, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Jul 22, 2024 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jul 30, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 30, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Aug 13, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Oct 4, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Oct 18, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Nov 19, 2024 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Dec 10, 2024 |
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 Jul 5, 2024Markup Jul 10, 2024Markup Jul 11, 2024 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 11, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 11, 2024Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 3.
- Jul 10, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 5, 2024Introduced in House
- Jul 5, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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
- Sep 27, 2024H.R. 8936, Rohingya Genocide Accountability and Protection ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 11, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 111, July 5, 2024, page H4457.
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. 118-125 | MARKUP OF VARIOUS MEASURES332 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Jul 10, 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF12331 | Burma: Background and Issues for Congress | Resource | Sep 2, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide protection, support, and humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees and internally displaced people as well as promote accountability and a path out of genocide and crimes against humanity for Rohingya.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Rohingya GAP Act
- Rohingya Genocide Accountability and Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Asia
- Bangladesh
- Burma
- Congressional oversight
- Department of State
- Federal officials
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government information and archives
- Higher education
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Lawyers and legal services
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- South Asia
- Student aid and college costs
- War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 5, 2024Introduced 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.
