US Congress House Bill 3212 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: Introduced on June 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides for sanctions against foreign persons responsible for conflict-related acts of sexual and gender-based violence. The President may impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons responsible for sexual and gender-based violence against individuals seeking human rights or attempting to expose illegal activity by government officials. Foreign government officials and their immediate family members who have been involved in significant corruption involving sexual or gender-based violence shall be ineligible to enter the United States. The bill also expands existing foreign-assistance-related reporting requirements to include information on conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence.

Accountability for Sexual and Gender-based Violence as a Tool in Conflict Act of 2019

Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2019-06-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
2019-06-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
2019-06-11	House	Introduced in House

SB1777 (Related) 2019-06-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3212/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3212/BILLS-116hr3212ih.pdf