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H.R. 36 House International Affairs

Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence Act

Introduced
Jan 3, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Wilson, Joe (R-SC-2)
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STAGE 4 OF 8 — HOUSE FLOOR

Currently in the House. Last action: received in the senate. read twice. placed on senate legislative calendar under general orders. calendar no. 70 on May 6, 2025.

  1. House Introduced in House Jan 3, 2025
  2. 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. Jan 3, 2025
  3. House Mr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. May 5, 2025
  4. House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1823-1828) May 5, 2025
  5. House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 36. May 5, 2025
  6. House At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. May 5, 2025
  7. House Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1840-1841) May 5, 2025
  8. House Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 349 - 42 (Roll no. 116). (text: CR H1824-1826) May 5, 2025
  9. House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 349 - 42 (Roll no. 116). (text: CR H1824-1826) May 5, 2025
  10. House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. May 5, 2025
  11. House
    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass May 5, 2025
    Agreed Yea 349 Nay 42 Roll Call
  12. Senate Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 70. May 6, 2025

Cosponsors

18

Subjects

AlliancesAsiaBooks and print mediaChinaCivil actions and liabilityCollective securityCongressional oversightDetention of personsDigital mediaElections, voting, political campaign regulationEuropeEuropean UnionFederal officialsForeign propertyGeorgia (Republic)Government ethics and transparency, public corruptionHuman rightsImmigration status and proceduresIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Committees

  • Judiciary Committee
    • Referred To , Jan 3, 2025
  • Foreign Affairs Committee
    • Referred To , Jan 3, 2025

Summary

Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence Act or the MEGOBARI ActThis bill requires the President to impose sanctions on certain foreign persons, including Georgian government officials, who are undermining Georgia's security or stability.Specifically, the bill requires the President to impose visa-blocking sanctions and authorizes the President to impose property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person the President determines is involved with actions or policies to undermine Georgia's security or stability. Immediate family members of a sanctioned individual are also subject to these sanctions if they benefited from the sanctioned individual's conduct. The bill also requires the President to impose visa-blocking sanctions on the following foreign persons if the President determines such persons knowingly engaged in significant acts of corruption or acts of violence or intimidation in relation to the blocking of Euro-Atlantic integration in Georgia: any individual who served as a member of the Georgian parliament or as a senior official of a Georgian political party on or after January 1, 2014;any individual who is serving as an official in a leadership position on behalf of the Georgian government; andany immediate family member of such officials who benefited from their conduct.Additionally, for the purpose of potential imposition of sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the President must determine whether there are foreign persons who, on or after the bill's enactment, have engaged in (1) significant corruption in Georgia, or (2) acts to undermine Georgia's security or stability.

Summary as of: Introduced in House

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