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Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Act

Introduced: January 3, 2019 Introduced by: McCaul, Michael T. Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 3, 2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 475.
Jun 3, 2020
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
May 21, 2020
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jan 11, 2019
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jan 10, 2019
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 10, 2019
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H432-433)
Jan 10, 2019
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H432-433)
Jan 10, 2019
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 192.
Jan 10, 2019
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H432-434)
Jan 10, 2019
Mr. Engel moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jan 3, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 3, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2020

This bill provides statutory authority for the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program, an interagency program launched in 2005 to partner with countries in the Sahel and Maghreb regions of Africa to counter terrorism and violent extremism.

The Department of State, in consultation with the Department of Defense and the U.S. Agency for International Development, shall establish the partnership program, which must coordinate all U.S. programs in North and West Africa related to various counterterrorism activities, such as building foreign-military capacity, enhancing border security, promoting youth employment, and supporting independent media to counter terrorist propaganda.

The State Department must submit comprehensive, five-year strategies that include specified activities for the Sahel and Maghreb regions and for program counterterrorism efforts. Further, program activities must, among other things (1) be carried out in countries where there is an adequate level of partner country committment, and (2) have clearly defined outcomes and specific plans with indicators to regularly monitor and evaluate outcomes and impact. Such activities must also take into account the counterterrorism and development strategies of partner countries and align with such strategies to the extent possible.

The State Department shall notify Congress before obligating funds for such programs, and must submit annual reports about program activities.

What's happening now June 3, 2020

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 475.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 2
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Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · Jan 10, 2019
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jan 8, 2019
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jan 8, 2019
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Sherman, Brad
California · Jan 8, 2019
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Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Jan 3, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 192: Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-192/
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