H.R. 36 Passed the House International Affairs

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

To counter the influence of the Chinese Communist Party, the Iranian Regime, and the Russian Federation in the nation of Georgia.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] Introduced January 3, 2025 Cosponsors 18 (10 D, 8 R) Latest action May 6, 2025

Summary

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Roll-call votes

  • HouseMay 5, 2025·Roll 116·H.R. 36
    MEGOBARI Act
    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
    Passed349–42
    R 168–34 D 181–8

Actions

  1. May 6, 2025 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 70.
  2. May 5, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. May 5, 2025 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)
  4. May 5, 2025 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1840-1841)
  5. May 5, 2025 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.
  6. May 5, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 36.
  7. May 5, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1823-1828)
  8. May 5, 2025 Mr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  9. Jan 3, 2025 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.
  10. Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House

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