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HR 8293 117th Congress House International Affairs

Balkans Security Cooperation Act

Introduced: July 5, 2022 Introduced by: Torres, Ritchie Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Jul 5, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber.
Jul 5, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Reform, the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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.
Jul 5, 2022
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Balkans Security Cooperation Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense, with the concurrence of the Department of State, to report on security cooperation between Western Balkan countries and the United States, Russia, China, and NATO.

For the purposes of this bill, the Western Balkan countries are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia.

The report must include (1) an assessment of how Western Balkan security cooperation with Russia and China affect the security interests of the United States and NATO; (2) an assessment of the Russian Humanitarian Center in Nis, Serbia, and any influence or coordination it may have with Russian intelligence agencies; and (3) a determination by the State Department on whether any Western Balkan country has conducted a significant transaction with a person that is part of Russia's defense or intelligence sectors.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1