US Congress House Bill 3342 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Enrolled on December 13 2018 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-12-21 - Signed by President.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Sanctioning Hizballah's Illicit Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Sec. 2) This bill states that it shall be U.S. policy to condemn the use of innocent civilians as human shields. (Sec. 3) The President shall submit to Congress within one year, and annually thereafter, a list of: each foreign person that is a member of Hizballah or Hamas or is knowingly acting on behalf of Hizballah or Hamas and knowingly directs the use of civilians protected by the law of war to shield military objectives from attack, and each foreign person or agency or instrumentality of a foreign state that knowingly and materially directs or supports any such act. The President shall impose U.S.-based property-blocking and visa sanctions, including revocation of existing visas, against a listed person, entity, or instrumentality. The President is urged to submit to Congress within one year, and annually thereafter, a list of each foreign person or entity that knowingly directs the use of civilians protected by the law of war to shield military objectives from attack, excluding those foreign persons included in the most recent mandatory sanctions list. (Sec. 5) This bill shall cease to be effective on December 31, 2023.

Sanctioning Hizballah's Illicit Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act

Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Thomas Garrett [R-VA]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]
Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-12-21	Senate	Signed by President.
2018-12-13	Senate	Presented to President.
2018-12-11	Senate	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2018-12-11	Senate	On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H10078-10079)
2018-12-11	Senate	Mr. Royce (CA) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's Table and agree to the Senate amendments. (consideration: CR H10078-10079)
2018-10-12	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2018-10-11	Senate	S.Amdt.4059 Amendment SA 4059 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2018-10-11	Senate	S.Amdt.4059 Amendment SA 4059 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Corker. (consideration: CR S6881; text: CR S6881) To amend the title.
2018-10-11	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
2018-10-11	Senate	S.Amdt.4058 Amendment SA 4058 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2018-10-11	Senate	S.Amdt.4058 Amendment SA 4058 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Corker. (consideration: CR S6881; text: CR S6873-6874) In the nature of a substitute.
2018-10-11	Senate	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6881)
2018-10-11	Senate	Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
2018-10-05	Senate	S.Amdt.4047 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2018-10-05	Senate	S.Amdt.4046 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2017-10-26	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2017-10-25	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2017-10-25	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8178-8179)
2017-10-25	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3342.
2017-10-25	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8178-8183)
2017-10-25	House	Mr. Royce (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2017-10-24	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 269.
2017-10-24	House	Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
2017-10-24	House	Reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 115-367, Part I.
2017-09-28	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-09-28	House	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2017-07-20	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.
2017-07-20	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.
2017-07-20	House	Introduced in House

SB3257 (Related) 2018-10-03 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3342/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3342/BILLS-115hr3342ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3342/BILLS-115hr3342rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3342/BILLS-115hr3342eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3342/BILLS-115hr3342eas.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3342/BILLS-115hr3342enr.pdf