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Preventing Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2018

Introduced: December 7, 2017 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 28, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Nov 27, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9593-9597)
Nov 27, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Nov 27, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9593-9597)
Nov 27, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4591.
Nov 27, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9593-9594)
Nov 27, 2018
Mr. Royce (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 27, 2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 27, 2018
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 27, 2018
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 7, 2017
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.
Dec 7, 2017
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preventing Iranian Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2017

This bill imposes property-blocking and U.S. entry/visa sanctions until January 1, 2022, against any foreign person or entity that:

  • has knowingly committed, or poses a significant risk of committing, violence that threatens Iraq's stability or that undermines its economic reconstruction and political reform;
  • has knowingly assisted, or provided financial, material, or technological support for any such activity; or
  • is owned or controlled by, or has acted on behalf of, a foreign person that has carried out any such activity.

What's happening now November 28, 2018

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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