US Congress House Bill 571 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 12-2)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-25 - 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 sanctions on foreign persons that use violence to threaten peace and stability in Iraq or to undermine the country's democratic processes and economic reconstruction. The sanctions include blocking property transactions involving such a sanctioned individual and blocking such a person's entry into the United States. Any current visas belonging to a sanctioned individual shall be revoked. The Department of State shall report to Congress whether certain groups, including Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq and Harakat Hizballah al-Nujaba, qualify as foreign terrorist organizations and whether such groups and individuals affiliated with such groups should be subject to various sanctions. The State Department shall also report to Congress whether certain individuals, including Qais al-Khazali and Laith al-Khazali, would be subject to the sanctions prescribed in this bill.

Preventing Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2019

Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]
Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]
Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Francis Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]
Rep. Dan Crenshaw [R-TX]	Rep. Liz Cheney [R-WY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-01-15	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.
2019-01-15	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.
2019-01-15	House	Introduced in House

HB2500 (Related) 2020-08-11 - Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512.
SB1790 (Related) 2019-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 116-92. (TXT | PDF)
HR758 (Similar To) 2019-12-11 - Mr. Nadler moved to table the motion to reconsider

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/571/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr571/BILLS-116hr571ih.pdf