Georgian Fair Business Practices Sanctions Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 4/8/2019
Actions
- 2019-04-08Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- 2019-02-28Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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.
- 2019-02-28Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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.
- 2019-02-28Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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.
- 2019-02-28Introduced in House
- 2019-02-28Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-28 (00)
Georgian Fair Business Practices Sanctions Act of 2019
This bill directs the President to periodically report to Congress on (1) whether the government of Georgia is undermining commitments or contractual agreements made with U.S. business persons operating in Georgia, and (2) the identities of current or former Georgian officials who are responsible for such actions. The report shall include a summary of U.S. government and nongovernment investment in Georgia.
If the President determines that Georgia has committed such actions, the President shall impose financial and trade assistance sanctions on the government of Georgia and visa and property blocking sanctions on identified officials.
Cosponsors (11)
- Bill Flores (R-TX)
- Will Hurd (R-TX)
- Pete Olson (R-TX)
- Randy Weber (R-TX)
- Charles Fleischmann (R-TN)
- Brian Babin (R-TX)
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
- Jodey Arrington (R-TX)
- Rob Bishop (R-UT)
- Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX)
- K. Conaway (R-TX)
Subjects
- Asia
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Congressional oversight
- Contracts and agency
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Employee hiring
- Europe
- Foreign property
- Georgia (Republic)
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Health personnel
- Labor-management relations
- Sanctions
- U.S. and foreign investments
- Veterans' medical care
- Visas and passports
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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