H.R. 567Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2021

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Sponsor: Michael T. McCaul [R-TX-10]
Cosponsors: 12 · 7 Republicans · 5 Democrats
Policy area: International Affairs
Committees: Foreign Affairs Committee, Foreign Relations Committee
Latest action: Jul 12, 2021 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

IntroducedJan 28, 2021
Passed the HouseJun 29, 2021
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What the measure doesCRS summary

Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2021

This bill provides statutory authority for the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program, an interagency program launched in 2005 to partner with countries in the Sahel and Maghreb regions of Africa to counter terrorism and violent extremism.

The Department of State, in consultation with the Department of Defense and the U.S. Agency for International Development, shall establish the partnership program, which must coordinate all U.S. programs in North and West Africa related to various counterterrorism activities, such as building foreign-military capacity, enhancing border security, promoting youth employment, and supporting independent media to counter terrorist propaganda.

The State Department must submit comprehensive, five-year strategies that include specified activities for the Sahel and Maghreb regions and for program counterterrorism efforts. Further, program activities must, among other things (1) be carried out in countries where there is an adequate level of partner country committment, and (2) have clearly defined outcomes and specific plans with indicators to regularly monitor and evaluate outcomes and impact. Such activities must also take into account the counterterrorism and development strategies of partner countries and align with such strategies to the extent possible.

The State Department shall notify Congress before obligating funds for such programs, and must submit annual reports about program activities.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 567 as passed House on Jun 29, 2021. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 192

House Jun 29, 2021

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

395 Yea 15 Nay 20 not voting

Crossed both parties 15 of 410 voting members broke with their own party: 4 Democrats, 11 Republicans.

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Cosponsors12 · 7 Republicans · 5 Democrats

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H.R. 567Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2021

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 192

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors12 · 7 Republicans · 5 Democrats

H.R. 567Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2021

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 192

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors12 · 7 Republicans · 5 Democrats

Who lobbied on H.R. 5672 organizations

Who lobbied on H.R. 5672 organizations