Charity & Security Network is tracking the following bills during the 116th Congress:
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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
See instead H.R. 31
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 July 18, 2019
S. 2563 ILLICIT CASH Act
Introduced September 26, 2019
H.R. 31 Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019
Introduced January 3, 2019
Passed House January 22, 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. 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
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 Sneate 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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