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HOUSE 825118th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Condemning antisemitism on college campuses.

Last Action
10/30/2023

Actions

  • 2024-11-19Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 564.
  • 2024-11-18Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • 2024-11-18On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6034-6035)
  • 2024-11-18Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6034-6035)
  • 2024-11-18DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 825.
  • 2024-11-18Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6034-6035)
  • 2024-11-18Mr. Fry moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  • 2024-09-18Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 6.
  • 2024-09-18Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  • 2023-02-02Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
  • 2023-02-02Introduced in House
  • 2023-02-02Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2023-02-02 (00)

Banning Operations and Leases with the Illegitimate Venezuelan Authoritarian Regime Act or the BOLIVAR Act

This bill temporarily prohibits an executive agency from entering into a contract for the procurement of goods or services with any person that it determines, with the concurrence of the Department of State, knowingly engages in significant business operations with the Maduro regime in Venezuela.

The bill lists exceptions, including where vital to U.S. national security or as necessary for purposes of providing humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and other urgent lifesaving measures, or to carry out noncombatant evacuations.

The prohibition shall not apply to contracts that support U.S. government activities in Venezuela or to contracts with international organizations.

The State Department may waive the requirements of this bill upon determining that to do so is in the national interest.

Cosponsors (15)

  • Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
  • Maria Salazar (R-FL)
  • Carlos Gimenez (R-FL)
  • Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR)
  • Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)
  • Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
  • Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
  • Nancy Mace (R-SC)
  • Darren Soto (D-FL)
  • George Santos (R-NY)
  • Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)
  • Keith Self (R-TX)
  • CHRISTOPHER SMITH (R-NJ)
  • Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
  • Don Bacon (R-NE)

Subjects

  • Business ethics
  • Latin America
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
  • Venezuela
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