H.R. 36

119th Congress

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Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence Act

MEGOBARI Act

Sponsored byRepublican:Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]SC· Introduced 3 January 2025
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18

Cosponsors

13

Actions

0

Amendments

2

Committees

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

6 May 2025·1 year ago

Summary

Introduced in House · Updated 5 May 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.

Timeline

13 actions

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

    6 May 2025 · Calendars

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

    5 May 2025 · Floor

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

    5 May 2025 · Floor

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

    5 May 2025 · Floor

  5. Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1840-1841)

    5 May 2025 · Floor

  6. 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.

    5 May 2025 · Floor

  7. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 349 - 42 (Roll no. 116). (text: CR H1824-1826)

    5 May 2025 · Floor

  8. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 349 - 42 (Roll no. 116). (text: CR H1824-1826)

    5 May 2025 · Floor

  9. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    5 May 2025 · Floor

  10. 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.

    3 January 2025 · IntroReferral

  11. 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.

    3 January 2025 · IntroReferral

  12. Introduced in House

    3 January 2025 · IntroReferral

  13. Introduced in House

    3 January 2025 · IntroReferral

Sponsorship

18 cosponsors

Sponsor

Republican:Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]SC

Cosponsors

  • Democrat1056%
  • Republican844%

Classification

Policy area

International Affairs

Legislative subjects

AlliancesAsiaBooks and print mediaChinaCivil actions and liabilityCollective securityCongressional oversightDetention of personsDigital mediaElections, voting, political campaign regulationEuropeEuropean Union

Committees

2

  • Foreign Affairs Committee

    House · Standing

    • Referred To3 Jan 2025

  • Judiciary Committee

    House · Standing

    • Referred To3 Jan 2025

Cosponsor momentum

Cumulative over time

Cosponsors grew from 3 on 3 January 2025 to 18 on 25 February 2025.

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