119:hr:36 — MEGOBARI Act

Sponsor

Introduced by

Joe Wilson

R Republican · House · SC-02 R+7

Latest action

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 70.

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May 06, 2025

other Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 70.

May 05, 2025

floor Mr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

May 05, 2025

floor Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1823-1828: 1)

May 05, 2025

floor DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 36.

May 05, 2025

floor At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

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May 06, 2025 Placed on Calendar Senate

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May 05, 2025 Engrossed in House

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Jan 03, 2025 Introduced in House

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00 Introduced in House Jan 03, 2025

Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence Act or the MEGOBARI Act This bill requires the President to impose sanctions on certain foreign persons, including Georgian government officials, who are undermining Georgia's security or stability. Specifically, the bill requires the President to impose visa-blocking sanctions and authorizes the President to impose property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person the President determines is involved with actions or policies to undermine Georgia's security or stability. Immediate family members of a sanctioned individual are also subject to these sanctions if they benefited from the sanctioned individual's conduct. The bill also requires the President to impose visa-blocking sanctions on the following foreign persons if the President determines such persons knowingly engaged in significant acts of corruption or acts of violence or intimidation in relation to the blocking of Euro-Atlantic integration in Georgia: any individual who served as a member of the Georgian parliament or as a senior official of a Georgian political party on or after January 1, 2014; any individual who is serving as an official in a leadership position on behalf of the Georgian government; and any immediate family member of such officials who benefited from their conduct. Additionally, for the purpose of potential imposition of sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the President must determine whether there are foreign persons who, on or after the bill's enactment, have engaged in (1) significant corruption in Georgia, or (2) acts to undermine Georgia's security or stability.

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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

-[H.R. 36 Engrossed in House (EH)]

+[H.R. 36 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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+Calendar No. 70

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 36

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+_______________________________________________________________________

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+IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

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+May 6, 2025

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+Received; read twice and placed on the calendar

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Attest:

+KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

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Clerk.

+Calendar No. 70

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

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To counter the influence of the Chinese Communist Party, the Iranian

Regime, and the Russian Federation in the nation of Georgia.

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+_______________________________________________________________________

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+May 6, 2025

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+Received; read twice and placed on the calendar

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