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PUPPETS Act of 2022

Introduced: March 8, 2022 Introduced by: Gimenez, Carlos A. Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Mar 3, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Mar 3, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Mar 2, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Mar 2, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preventing Usurpation of Power and Privileges by Extralegal Territories' Sedition Act of 2022 or the PUPPETS Act of 2022

This bill designates specified entities as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorist organizations. The bill also prohibits the Department of Defense from taking any action that implies recognition of the sovereignty of such entities over territory or airspace claimed by the governments of Ukraine, Moldova, or Georgia.

Entities subject to this bill include any entities holding themselves out to be the governments of any region of Ukraine that was not elected through elections in 2019 or 2020, the Pridnestrovian Moldovian Republic, the Republic of South Ossetia, or the Republic of Abkhazia.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3739 Identical bill PUPPETS Act of 2022
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
Davis, Rodney
· Mar 8, 2022
Katko, John
· Mar 8, 2022
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Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Mar 8, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6897: PUPPETS Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6897/
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"H.R. 6897: PUPPETS Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6897/.
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H.R. 6897, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6897/.
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