Safeguarding Tunisian Democracy Act of 2023
Latest action · Jul 25, 2023 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 152.
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.
- IntroducedJun 15, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 15, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Jun 15, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jun 15, 2023Markup Jul 13, 2023Reported Jul 25, 2023 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2023Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Jul 25, 2023Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 152.
- Jul 13, 2023Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 15, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Jun 15, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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
- Aug 16, 2023S. 2006, Safeguarding Tunisian Democracy Act of 2023As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on July 25, 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RS21666 | Tunisia: In Brief | Report | Jun 3, 2025 |
| R46344 | U.S. Foreign Assistance to the Middle East: Historical, Recent Trends, and the FY2024 Background Request Archived | Report | Aug 15, 2023 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to foster Tunisia's democratic institutions, to limit funds until Tunisia restores checks and balances, and to authorize the creation of a fund to support democratic reforms.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Safeguarding Tunisian Democracy Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Safeguarding Tunisian Democracy Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Africa
- Detention of persons
- Financial crises and stabilization
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- News media and reporting
- Political movements and philosophies
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Terrorism
- Tunisia
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2023Reported to Senate
- Jun 15, 2023Introduced in Senate
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.
