Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-3127
Sponsor: Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
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Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2005 - Sets forth the sense of Congress with respect to the situation in Darfur, Sudan, including the sense of Congress that the atrocities unfolding in Darfur are genocide.
 
Amends the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004 to direct the President, with waiver authority upon congressional notification, to block the assets and deny visas and entry to any individual (and family member) responsible for acts of genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity in Sudan.
 
Authorizes the President to provide assistance to reinforce the deployment and operations of an expanded African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). Directs the President to instruct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to advocate NATO reinforcement of AMIS, upon request of the African Union.
 
Amends the Sudan Peace Act to include entry denial at U.S. ports to certain cargo ships or oil tankers among the measures available to the President if the government of Sudan fails to take specified peace measures in Darfur. 
 
Prohibits, with waiver authority, U.S. assistance to a country in violation of U.N. Security Council Resolutions 1556 and 1591(embargo on military assistance to Sudan).
 
Directs the President to instruct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to urge the adoption of a Security Council resolution supporting AMIS' expansion.

action_date: 2006-03-14
text: 
Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006 - (Sec. 4) Sets forth the sense of Congress with respect to the situation in Darfur, Sudan, including the sense of Congress that the atrocities unfolding in Darfur are genocide, and the need for U.S. and international involvement in Darfur.
 
(Sec. 5) Amends the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004 to direct the President, with waiver authority upon congressional notification, to block the assets and deny visas and entry to any individual (and family member) and associates responsible for acts of genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity in Sudan.
 
States that the President should consider imposing such sanctions against certain identified Janjaweed commanders and coordinators.
 
(Sec. 6) Authorizes the President to provide assistance to reinforce the deployment and operations of an expanded African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). States that the President should instruct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to advocate NATO reinforcement of AMIS, upon request of the African Union (AU).
 
States that the President should take steps to deny the government of Sudan access to oil revenues, including prohibiting U.S. port entry to cargo ships or oil tankers engaged in trade activities in Sudan's oil sector or involved in the shipment of goods for the Armed Forces of Sudan until the government of Sudan has honored its commitments to cease attacks on civilians, demobilize and demilitarize the Janjaweed and associated militias, grant access for humanitarian assistance, and allow for the safe and voluntary return of refugees and internally displaced persons. 
 
Exempts from such prohibition cargo ships or oil tankers involved in an internationally recognized demobilization program or the shipment of non-lethal assistance for the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan (Agreement). 
 
Prohibits, with national interest waiver authority, U.S. assistance to a country in violation of U.N. Security Council Resolutions 1556 and 1591(embargo on military assistance to Sudan).
 
(Sec. 7) Directs the President to instruct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to urge the adoption of a Security Council resolution: (1) supporting AMIS' expansion; (2) reinforcing AU peace efforts; (3) imposing sanctions on the government of Sudan until it complies with its commitments; (4) expanding the U.N. arms embargo; and (5) calling on U.N. member states to end military assistance to the government of Sudan.
 
(Sec. 8) States that certain restrictions against the government of Sudan shall remain in place until the government of Sudan takes specified steps to end conflicts in Darfur, eastern Sudan, and Uganda (Lords Resistance Army) and implement the Agreement. Authorizes the President to waive such restriction for national security purposes.
 
(Sec. 9) Amends the Assistance for International Malaria Control Act to authorize, subject to congressional notification, assistance for southern Sudan, southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, and Abyei. (Currently, assistance is authorized to areas outside the government of Sudan's control.)
 
Expands exceptions to certain prohibitions imposed against Sudan to include activities or related transactions that would directly benefit the economic recovery and development of southern Sudan, southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, and Abyei. (Currently, such exception applies to exports from an area in Sudan that is outside the government of Sudan's control.)
 
(Sec. 10) Includes among reporting requirements reports on: (1) AMIS; and (2) sanctions in support of peace in Darfur. 

action_date: 2006-03-29
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 14, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006 - (Sec. 4) Sets forth the sense of Congress with respect to the situation in Darfur, Sudan, including the sense of Congress that the atrocities unfolding in Darfur are genocide, and the need for U.S. and international involvement in Darfur.
 
(Sec. 5) Amends the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004 to direct the President, with waiver authority upon congressional notification, to block the assets and deny visas and entry to any individual (and family member) and associates responsible for acts of genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity in Sudan.
 
States that the President should consider imposing such sanctions against certain identified Janjaweed commanders and coordinators.
 
(Sec. 6) Authorizes the President to provide assistance to reinforce the deployment and operations of an expanded African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). States that the President should instruct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to advocate NATO reinforcement of AMIS, upon request of the African Union (AU).
 
States that the President should take steps to deny the government of Sudan access to oil revenues, including prohibiting U.S. port entry to cargo ships or oil tankers engaged in trade activities in Sudan's oil sector or involved in the shipment of goods for the Armed Forces of Sudan until the government of Sudan has honored its commitments to cease attacks on civilians, demobilize and demilitarize the Janjaweed and associated militias, grant access for humanitarian assistance, and allow for the safe and voluntary return of refugees and internally displaced persons. 
 
Exempts from such prohibition cargo ships or oil tankers involved in an internationally recognized demobilization program or the shipment of non-lethal assistance for the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan (Agreement). 
 
Prohibits, with national interest waiver authority, U.S. assistance to a country in violation of U.N. Security Council Resolutions 1556 and 1591(embargo on military assistance to Sudan).
 
(Sec. 7) Directs the President to instruct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to urge the adoption of a Security Council resolution: (1) supporting AMIS' expansion; (2) reinforcing AU peace efforts; (3) imposing sanctions on the government of Sudan until it complies with its commitments; (4) expanding the U.N. arms embargo; and (5) calling on U.N. member states to end military assistance to the government of Sudan.
 
(Sec. 8) States that certain restrictions against the government of Sudan shall remain in place until the government of Sudan takes specified steps to end conflicts in Darfur, eastern Sudan, and Uganda (Lords Resistance Army) and implement the Agreement. Authorizes the President to waive such restriction for national security purposes.
 
(Sec. 9) Amends the Assistance for International Malaria Control Act to authorize, subject to congressional notification, assistance for southern Sudan, southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, and Abyei. (Currently, assistance is authorized to areas outside the government of Sudan's control.)
 
Expands exceptions to certain prohibitions imposed against Sudan to include activities or related transactions that would directly benefit the economic recovery and development of southern Sudan, southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, and Abyei. (Currently, such exception applies to exports from an area in Sudan that is outside the government of Sudan's control.)
 
(Sec. 10) Includes among reporting requirements reports on: (1) AMIS; and (2) sanctions in support of peace in Darfur. 

action_date: 2006-04-05
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 14, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006 - (Sec. 4) Sets forth the sense of Congress with respect to the situation in Darfur, Sudan, including the sense of Congress that the atrocities unfolding in Darfur are genocide, and the need for U.S. and international involvement in Darfur.
 
(Sec. 5) Amends the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004 to direct the President, with waiver authority upon congressional notification, to block the assets and deny visas and entry to any individual (and family member) and associates responsible for acts of genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity in Sudan.
 
States that the President should consider imposing such sanctions against certain identified Janjaweed commanders and coordinators.
 
(Sec. 6) Authorizes the President to provide assistance to reinforce the deployment and operations of an expanded African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). States that the President should instruct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to advocate NATO reinforcement of AMIS, upon request of the African Union (AU).
 
States that the President should take steps to deny the government of Sudan access to oil revenues, including prohibiting U.S. port entry to cargo ships or oil tankers engaged in trade activities in Sudan's oil sector or involved in the shipment of goods for the Armed Forces of Sudan until the government of Sudan has honored its commitments to cease attacks on civilians, demobilize and demilitarize the Janjaweed and associated militias, grant access for humanitarian assistance, and allow for the safe and voluntary return of refugees and internally displaced persons. 
 
Exempts from such prohibition cargo ships or oil tankers involved in an internationally recognized demobilization program or the shipment of non-lethal assistance for the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan (Agreement). 
 
Prohibits, with national interest waiver authority, U.S. assistance to a country in violation of U.N. Security Council Resolutions 1556 and 1591(embargo on military assistance to Sudan).
 
(Sec. 7) Directs the President to instruct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to urge the adoption of a Security Council resolution: (1) supporting AMIS' expansion; (2) reinforcing AU peace efforts; (3) imposing sanctions on the government of Sudan until it complies with its commitments; (4) expanding the U.N. arms embargo; and (5) calling on U.N. member states to end military assistance to the government of Sudan.
 
(Sec. 8) States that certain restrictions against the government of Sudan shall remain in place until the government of Sudan takes specified steps to end conflicts in Darfur, eastern Sudan, and Uganda (Lords Resistance Army) and implement the Agreement. Authorizes the President to waive such restriction for national security purposes.
 
(Sec. 9) Amends the Assistance for International Malaria Control Act to authorize, subject to congressional notification, assistance for southern Sudan, southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, and Abyei. (Currently, assistance is authorized to areas outside the government of Sudan's control.)
 
Expands exceptions to certain prohibitions imposed against Sudan to include activities or related transactions that would directly benefit the economic recovery and development of southern Sudan, southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, and Abyei. (Currently, such exception applies to exports from an area in Sudan that is outside the government of Sudan's control.)
 
(Sec. 10) Includes among reporting requirements reports on: (1) AMIS; and (2) sanctions in support of peace in Darfur. 

action_date: 2006-09-21
text: 
Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006 - (Sec. 4) Sets forth the sense of Congress with respect to the situation in Darfur, Sudan, including the sense of Congress that the atrocities unfolding in Darfur are genocide, and the need for U.S. and international involvement in Darfur.
 
(Sec. 5) Amends the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004 to direct the President, with waiver authority upon congressional notification, to block the assets and deny visas and entry to any individual complicit in or responsible for acts of genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity in Darfur, including family members or associates of such individual to whom assets or property of such individual was transferred on or after July 1, 2002. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should impose sanctions against any individual, including the Janjaweed commanders and coordinators, who impede the peace process, constitute a threat to stability in Darfur and the region, or commit violations of international humanitarian or human rights law or other atrocities.
 
(Sec. 6) Authorizes the President to provide assistance: (1) to reinforce an expanded African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS); and (2) in the areas of logistics, communications, technical assistance, training, command and control, aerial surveillance, and intelligence.
 
States that such assistance shall: (1) be used only in Darfur; and (2) not be provided until AMIS has agreed not to transfer any such assistance to anyone not an officer, employee or agent of AMIS (or subsequent U.N. peacekeeping operation), and not to use or to permit the use of such assistance for other purposes without prior presidential consent.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to: (1) advocate NATO reinforcement of AMIS; (2) provide assets to help deter air strikes against civilians and humanitarian workers in Darfur; and (3) provide other support.
 
States that the President should take steps to deny the government of Sudan access to oil revenues, including prohibiting U.S. port entry to cargo ships or oil tankers engaged in trade activities in Sudan's oil sector or involved in the shipment of goods for the Armed Forces of Sudan until the government of Sudan has honored its commitments to cease attacks on civilians, demobilize and demilitarize the Janjaweed and associated militias, grant access for humanitarian assistance, and allow for the safe and voluntary return of refugees and internally displaced persons. 
 
Exempts from such prohibition cargo ships or oil tankers involved in: (1) an internationally recognized demobilization program; (2) the shipment of non-lethal assistance for the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan (Agreement) or the Darfur Agreement; and (3) the shipment of military assistance necessary to carry out such Agreements if the President has made a determination required by this Act.
 
Prohibits, with national interest waiver authority, U.S. assistance to a country in violation of U.N. Security Council Resolutions 1556 and 1591 (embargo on military assistance to Sudan).
 (Sec. 7) States that certain restrictions against the government of Sudan shall remain in place until the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the government of Sudan is taking specified steps to: (1) implement the Darfur Peace Agreement; (2) disarm and demobilize the Janjaweed and all government-allied militias; (3) adhere to all associated Security Council Resolutions; (4) negotiate a peaceful resolution to the crisis in eastern Sudan; (5) cooperate with efforts to disarm and deny safe haven to members of the Lord's Resistance Army in Sudan; and (6) implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan. Authorizes the President to waive such restriction for national security purposes. 
(Sec. 8) Amends the Assistance for International Malaria Control Act to repeal provisions authorizing the President to provide additional assistance to, and exempting prohibitions on exports from, areas outside the control of the government of Sudan.
 
Amends the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004 to repeal the provision authorizing the President to provide additional nonmilitary assistance to areas outside the control of the government of Sudan.
 
Authorizes the President, subject to congressional notification by the Secretary of State, to provide economic assistance for Southern Sudan, Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, Abyei, Darfur, and marginalized areas in and around Khartoum. 
 
Authorizes the President, if a specified certification of noncompliance by the government of Sudan or the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army with the Agreement has not been made, and if in the U.S. national interest, to provide specified military assistance to the government of Sudan for FY2006-FY2008. Requires congressional notification. Waives specified export prohibitions under the Arms Export Control Act.
 
Requires the President to provide Congress with end use assurances for each item exported under this section. 
 
Waives prohibitions concerning Sudan in Executive Order No. 13067 regarding activities with respect to Southern Sudan, Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, Abyei, Darfur, or marginalized areas in and around Khartoum.
 
(Sec. 9) Includes among reporting requirements reports on: (1) AMIS; (2) sanctions in support of peace in Darfur; and (3) U.S. military assistance under the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006.

action_date: 2006-10-13
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 21, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006 - (Sec. 4) Sets forth the sense of Congress with respect to the situation in Darfur, Sudan, including the sense of Congress that the atrocities unfolding in Darfur are genocide, and the need for U.S. and international involvement in Darfur.
 
(Sec. 5) Amends the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004 to direct the President, with waiver authority upon congressional notification, to block the assets and deny visas and entry to any individual
 
complicit in or responsible for acts of genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity in Darfur, including family members or associates of such individual to whom assets or property of such individual was transferred on or after July 1, 2002. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should impose sanctions against any individual, including the Janjaweed commanders and coordinators, who impede the peace process, constitute a threat to stability in Darfur and the region, or commit violations of international humanitarian or human rights law or other atrocities.
 
(Sec. 6) Authorizes the President to provide assistance: (1) to reinforce an expanded African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS); and (2) in the areas of logistics, communications, technical assistance, training, command and control, aerial surveillance, and intelligence.
 
States that such assistance shall: (1) be used only in Darfur; and (2) not be provided until AMIS has agreed not to transfer any such assistance to anyone not an officer, employee or agent of AMIS (or subsequent U.N. peacekeeping operation), and not to use or to permit the use of such assistance for other purposes without prior presidential consent.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to: (1) advocate NATO reinforcement of AMIS; (2) provide assets to help deter air strikes against civilians and humanitarian workers in Darfur; and (3) provide other support.
 
States that the President should take steps to deny the government of Sudan access to oil revenues, including prohibiting U.S. port entry to cargo ships or oil tankers engaged in trade activities in Sudan's oil sector or involved in the shipment of goods for the Armed Forces of Sudan until the government of Sudan has honored its commitments to cease attacks on civilians, demobilize and demilitarize the Janjaweed and associated militias, grant access for humanitarian assistance, and allow for the safe and voluntary return of refugees and internally displaced persons. 
 
Exempts from such prohibition cargo ships or oil tankers involved in: (1) an internationally recognized demobilization program; (2) the shipment of non-lethal assistance for the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan (Agreement) or the Darfur Agreement; and (3) the shipment of military assistance necessary to carry out such Agreements if the President has made a determination
 
required by this Act.
 
Prohibits, with national interest waiver authority, U.S. assistance to a country in violation of U.N. Security Council Resolutions 1556 and 1591(embargo on military assistance to Sudan).
 (Sec. 7) States that certain restrictions against the government of Sudan shall remain in place until the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the government of Sudan is taking specified steps to: (1) implement the Darfur Peace Agreement; (2) disarm and demobilize the Janjaweed and all government-allied militias; (3) adhere to all associated Security Council Resolutions; (4) negotiate a peaceful resolution to the crisis in eastern Sudan; (5) cooperate with efforts to disarm and deny safe haven to members of the Lord's Resistance Army in Sudan; and (6) implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan. Authorizes the President to waive such restriction for national security purposes. 
(Sec. 8) Amends the Assistance for International Malaria Control Act to repeal provisions authorizing the President to provide additional assistance to, and exempting prohibitions on exports from, areas outside the control of the government of Sudan.
 
Amends the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004 to repeal the provision authorizing the President to provide additional nonmilitary assistance to areas outside the control of the government of Sudan.
 
Authorizes the President, subject to congressional notification by the Secretary of State, to provide economic assistance for Southern Sudan, Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, Abyei, Darfur, and marginalized areas in and around Khartoum. 
 
Authorizes the President, if a specified certification of noncompliance by the government of Sudan or the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army with the Agreement has not been made, and if in the U.S. national interest, to provide specified military assistance to the government of Sudan for FY2006-FY2008. Requires congressional notification. Waives specified export prohibitions under the Arms Export Control Act.
 
Requires the President to provide Congress with end use assurances for each item exported under this section. 
 
Waives prohibitions concerning Sudan in Executive Order No. 13067 regarding activities with respect to Southern Sudan, Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, Abyei, Darfur, or marginalized areas in and around Khartoum.
 
(Sec. 9) Includes among reporting requirements reports on: (1) AMIS; (2) sanctions in support of peace in Darfur; and (3) U.S. military assistance under the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-13
text: Became Public Law No: 109-344.
action_date: 2006-10-13
text: Became Public Law No: 109-344.
action_date: 2006-10-13
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2006-10-13
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 480, enrollment corrections on H.R. 3127 have been made.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H7313-7319; text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H7313-7316)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote.(consideration: CR H7313-7319; text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H7313-7316)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House resumed debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3127.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3127.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Mr. Smith (NJ) moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment.
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S10007)
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 3 (Roll no. 90). (text: CR H1461-1463)
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 3 (Roll no. 90).(text: CR H1461-1463)
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1530)
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: 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.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: DEBATE EXTENSION - Mr. Lantos asked unanimous consent that debate on H.R. 3127 be extended by 20 minutes equally divided and controlled. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3127.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1461-1475)
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Mr. Smith (NJ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 219.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 109-392, Part II.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 109-392, Part II.
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: House Committee on Judiciary Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than March 29, 2006.
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Referred sequentially to the House Committee on the Judiciary for a period ending not later than March 28, 2006 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and the amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(1), rule X.
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 109-392, Part I.
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 109-392, Part I.
action_date: 2006-03-08
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2006-03-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-07-21
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-07-21
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 109-344