Bill H.Con.Res.94 titled “Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the end of impunity of unpunished Serbian sexual war crimes during the 1999 Kosovo war in the case of United States citizen and sexual war crime survivor Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman and other survivors of sexual and gender-based violence” was referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Colin Allred with Adriano Espaillat, Ritchie Torres, Juan Vargas, Marc Veasey as cosponsors.
Bill H.J.Res.87 titled “Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress” was referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazio with Andy Biggs, Jamaal Bowman, Ken Buck, Andre Carson, Gerald Connolly, Debbie Dingell, Lloyd Doggett, Anna Eshoo, Adriano Espaillat, Dwight Evans, Matt Gaetz, John Garamendi, Jesus Garcia, James Himes, Sara Jacobs, Pramila Jayapal, Henry Johnson, Mondaire Jones, Ro Khanna, Rick Larsen, Barbara Lee, Andy Levin, Ted Lieu, Alan Lowenthal, Nancy Mace, Thomas Massie, James Mcgovern, Gwen Moore, Eleanor Norton, Ilhan Omar, Frank Pallone, Mark Pocan, Katie Porter, Ayanna Pressley, Michael San Nicolas, Mary Scanlon, Janice Schakowsky, Adam Schiff, Rashida Tlaib, Peter Welch, Susan Wild as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.7916 titled “To prohibit the use of funds to implement any obligations of the United States under the World Health Organization's Global Pandemic Treaty” was referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Ronny Jackson with Andy Biggs, Mike Bost, Michael Cloud, Rodney Davis, Jeff Duncan, Tom Emmer, Carlos Gimenez, Louie Gohmert, Paul Gosar, Diana Harshbarger, Mary Miller, Ralph Norman, August Pfluger, Bill Posey, Austin Scott, Pete Sessions, W. Steube, Michael Waltz, Robert Wittman as cosponsors.
Bill H.R.7927 titled “To prohibit the use of funds to propose amendments to the International Health Regulations, the Global Pandemic Treaty, or any other agreement among World Health Organization member states, and for other purposes” was referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Chris Stewart.
The Foreign Affairs Committee moves forward in some way on one bill per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
| Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the end of impunity of unpunished Serbian sexual war crimes during the 1999 Kosovo war in the case of United States citizen and sexual war crime survivor Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman and other survivors of sexual and gender-based violence. | Rep. Allred, Colin Z. | House of Representatives |
| Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress. | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. | House of Representatives |
| To prohibit the use of funds to implement any obligations of the United States under the World Health Organization's Global Pandemic Treaty. | Rep. Jackson, Ronny | House of Representatives |
| To prohibit the use of funds to propose amendments to the International Health Regulations, the Global Pandemic Treaty, or any other agreement among World Health Organization member states, and for other purposes. | Rep. Stewart, Chris | House of Representatives |