US HB5497 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 67-18)
Status: Engrossed on April 7 2022 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-04-07 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on April 7 2022 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-04-07 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
To authorize humanitarian assistance and civil society support, promote democracy and human rights, and impose targeted sanctions with respect to human rights abuses in Burma, and for other purposes.
Title
Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2022 BURMA Act of 2022
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-07 | Senate | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
| 2022-04-06 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 2022-04-06 | House | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4204-4209) |
| 2022-04-06 | House | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5497. |
| 2022-04-06 | House | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4204-4212) |
| 2022-04-06 | House | Mr. Meeks moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. |
| 2021-10-21 | House | Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| 2021-10-21 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. |
| 2021-10-05 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. |
| 2021-10-05 | House | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, 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. |
| 2021-10-05 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB2937 (Related) 2021-10-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6920-6921)
