2021-2022 Regular SessionUS Congress Legislature

HB5497: Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2022 BURMA Act of 2022

Legislative Summary

To authorize humanitarian assistance and civil society support, promote democracy and human rights, and impose targeted sanctions with respect to human rights abuses in Burma, and for other purposes.

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Bill History

10/5/2021
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
10/5/2021
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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.
House of Representatives
10/5/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
House of Representatives
10/21/2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
House of Representatives
10/21/2021
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
House of Representatives
4/6/2022
Mr. Meeks moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
House of Representatives
4/6/2022
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4204-4212)
House of Representatives
4/6/2022
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5497.
House of Representatives
4/6/2022
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4204-4209)
House of Representatives
4/6/2022
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
House of Representatives
4/7/2022
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(4/7/2022)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Foreign Relations(Senate)

Sponsors

Democrat: 67
Republican: 18

Primary Sponsor

Gregory Meeks
Gregory Meeks
Democrat

Co-Sponsors (84)

Steve Chabot
Republican
Michael McCaul
Republican
Ami Bera
Democrat
Karen Bass
Democrat
Joaquin Castro
Democrat
Ilhan Omar
Democrat
Brian Fitzpatrick
Republican
Ted Lieu
Democrat
Eleanor Norton
Democrat
Suzanne Bonamici
Democrat
Young Kim
Republican
Raja Krishnamoorthi
Democrat
Ro Khanna
Democrat
Juan Vargas
Democrat
Claudia Tenney
Republican
Grace Napolitano
Democrat
Lois Frankel
Democrat
James McGovern
Democrat
Grace Meng
Democrat
Peter Meijer
Republican
Kathy Manning
Democrat
Earl Blumenauer
Democrat
Adriano Espaillat
Democrat
Alan Lowenthal
Democrat
Anna Eshoo
Democrat
Jamie Raskin
Democrat
David Trone
Democrat
Susan Wild
Democrat
Steve Cohen
Democrat
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Democrat
Judy Chu
Democrat
Jackie Speier
Democrat
Ed Case
Democrat
Elaine Luria
Democrat
Lisa Rochester
Democrat
Albio Sires
Democrat
Pete Aguilar
Democrat
Dina Titus
Democrat
Brad Sherman
Democrat
William Keating
Democrat
Andy Kim
Democrat
Salud Carbajal
Democrat
Gus Bilirakis
Republican
Brenda Lawrence
Democrat
Elizabeth Fletcher
Democrat
Jim Cooper
Democrat
Linda Sanchez
Democrat
Jerry McNerney
Democrat
Ann Wagner
Republican
Bradley Schneider
Democrat
Jared Huffman
Democrat
Brian Higgins
Democrat
Jahana Hayes
Democrat
Val Demings
Democrat
Maria Salazar
Republican
John Curtis
Republican
Garland Barr
Republican
Ronny Jackson
Republican
Andre Carson
Democrat
Michelle Steel
Republican
Brian Babin
Republican
Morgan Griffith
Republican
Marc Veasey
Democrat
Christopher Pappas
Democrat
Julia Brownley
Democrat
Jim Costa
Democrat
Andy Levin
Democrat
Norma Torres
Democrat
Antonio Delgado
Democrat
Gerald Connolly
Democrat
Scott Peters
Democrat
Jackie Walorski
Republican
Mike Levin
Democrat
Ron Kind
Democrat
Janice Schakowsky
Democrat
Don Beyer
Democrat
Adrian Smith
Republican
Blake Moore
Republican
C.A. Ruppersberger
Democrat
Melanie Stansbury
Democrat
Seth Moulton
Democrat
David Cicilline
Democrat
Veronica Escobar
Democrat
Hakeem Jeffries
Democrat

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text4/7/2022187.6 KB
Introduced
Bill Text10/13/2021315.1 KB