Charity & Security Network is tracking the following bills during the 116th Congress
S.1 Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019
Introduced January 3, 2019
Passed Senate February 5, 2019
S. 52 Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019
Introduced January 8, 2019
This bill was incorporated into S. 1790: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Signed into law December 20, 2019
S. 727 Global Fragility Act
Introduced March 7, 2019
Passed Senate Foreign Relations Committee June 25, 2019
Passed Congress as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 December 19, 2019
Signed into law December 20, 2019
S. 735 Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits Act
Introduced March 11, 2019
S. 1883 Combating Money Laundering Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019
Introduced June 18, 2019
Passed Senate Judiciary Committee July 18, 2019
S. 2563 ILLICIT CASH Act
Introduced September 26, 2019
S. 4049 National Defense Authorization Act
Introduced June 23, 2020
Contains amendments relating to counterterrorism policy, bank derisking, sanctions and protest rights.
Passed Senate July 23, 2020
H.R. 31 Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019
Introduced January 3, 2019
Passed House January 22, 2019
See instead S 52, which was incorporated into S 1790, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2020, and signed into law December 20, 2019
H.R. 56 Financial Technology Protection Act
Introduced January 3, 2019
Passed House January 28, 2019
H.R. 189 Financial Institution Consumer Protection Act
Introduced January 3, 2019
H.R. 336 Strengthening American’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019
Introduced January 8, 2019
H.R. 388 Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act
Introduced January 9, 2019
H.R. 741 TAILOR Act of 2019
Introduced January 24, 2019
H.R. 1037 The Banking Transparency for Sanctioned Persons Act
Introduced January 7, 2019
Passed the House of Representatives May 14, 2019
H.R. 1038 Requiring Treasury to Take a More Prominent Role in Coordinating AML/CFT Policy
Introduced February 7, 2019
H.R. 1039 To Streamline Requirements for SAR/CTR Reporting
Introduced February 7, 2019
H.R. 1706 No Assistance for Assad Act
Introduced March 13, 2019
H.R. 1837 United States-Israel Cooperation Enhancement and Regional Security Act
(relates to Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act)
Introduced March 21, 2019
Passed House of Representatives July 23, 2019
H.R. 1850 Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act of 2019
Introduced March 21, 2019
Passed House July 23, 2019
H.R. 2116 Global Fragility Act
Introduced March 7, 2019 as H. R. 1580
Amended version introduced April 8, 2019 as H.R. 2116
Passed House Foreign Affairs Committee April 9, 2019
Passed House of Representatives May 20, 2019
Passed Congress as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 December 19, 2019
Signed into law December 20, 2019
H.R. 2476 Securing American Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2019
Introduced May 2, 2019
Passed Homeland Security Committee May 30, 2019
Passed House June 10, 2019
Passed Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs December 19, 2019
Passed Senate December 19, 2019
Signed into law January 24, 2020
H.R. 2514 Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform Act of 2019 (COUNTER Act)
Introduced May 3, 2019
Passed House Financial Services Committee May 9, 2019
Passed House of Representatives October 28, 2019
H.R. 5879 and Related Bills – Pathway to Peace Legislation
Introduced February 12, 2020
H.R. 7028 National Commission on U.S. Counterterrorism Policy Act
Introduced May 27, 2020
H.R. 7771 To Protect First Amendment Rights
Introduced July 24, 2020
Sen. Res. 171 – Restoring U.S. Bilateral Assistance to the West Bank and Gaza
Introduced April 11, 2019
Sen. Res. 206 – Marking the 70th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, expressing concern about significant violations of international humanitarian law
Introduced May 14, 2019
Passed Senate Foreign Relations Committee June 25, 2019
H.Res. 206 – Lack of Sunlight and Transparency in Financial Transactions
Introduced March 8, 2019
Passed House March 13, 2019
Promoting Corporate Transparency: Examining Legislative Proposals to Detect and Deter Financial Crime
House Committee on Financial Services
March 13, 2019
Pursuing Accountability for Atrocities
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
June 13, 2019
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