S 1325
116th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Military operations and strategy
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
United Nations
War and emergency powers
Military Humanitarian Operations Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 6, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
May 6, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Military Humanitarian Operations Act of 2019
This bill defines a military humanitarian operation as an operation involving the deployment of members or weapons systems of the Armed Forces where hostile activities are reasonably anticipated with the aim of preventing or responding to a humanitarian catastrophe or addressing a threat posed to international peace and security.
The President may not deploy members of the Armed Forces into a foreign country for a military humanitarian operation not authorized by statute or Congress.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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