US Congress House Bill 1630 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-0)
Status: Introduced on March 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on certain foreign persons that have engaged in corruption, money laundering, or other specified activities in Guatemala. Specifically, the sanctions shall apply to a current or former Guatemalan official, or a foreign person acting in cooperation with such an official, that knowingly (1) committed or facilitated acts of significant corruption, money laundering, or narcotics trafficking; (2) obstructed investigations into any of those acts; (3) misued equipment provided by the Department of State or Department of Defense to Guatemala's military or national police for the purpose of combating drug trafficking or securing Guatemala's border; or (4) disobeyed rulings of the Guatemalan Constitutional Court. The President shall report to Congress on the implementation of such sanctions. In agreements to transfer equipment to Guatemala's military or national police, the State Department shall include a provision allowing the United States to recover such equipment if it is used in a way that violates an end-use agreement.

Guatemala Rule of Law Accountability Act

Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]
Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-03-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
2019-03-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
2019-03-07	House	Introduced in House

SB716 (Related) 2019-03-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1630/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1630/BILLS-116hr1630ih.pdf