H.R. 5375Strengthening the Quad Act

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Sponsor: Gregory W. Meeks [D-NY-05]
Cosponsors: 4 · 4 Democrats
Policy area: International Affairs
Committees: Foreign Affairs Committee, Foreign Relations Committee
Latest action: Feb 26, 2024 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

IntroducedSep 8, 2023
Passed the HouseFeb 15, 2024
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
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What the measure doesCRS summary

Strengthening the Quad Act

This bill directs the Department of State to seek to establish a working group with Japan, Australia, and India to facilitate closer cooperation on shared interests and values. (The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, also known as the Quad, is a coalition comprised of the United States and these three countries.)

The bill also requires the State Department to report to Congress a strategy for bolstering engagement and cooperation with the Quad. The strategy shall address cooperation on issues including (1) broad-based and inclusive economic growth; (2) technology cooperation and energy innovation; and (3) resilient supply chains, including for critical minerals.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5375 as passed House on Feb 15, 2024. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 54

House Feb 15, 2024

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Strengthening the Quad Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

379 Yea 39 Nay 13 not voting

Crossed both parties 39 of 418 voting members broke with their own party: 2 Democrats, 37 Republicans.

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All members431 members

Democratic212 members

Republican219 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors4 · 4 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5375 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.

DAmi Bera [D-CA-06]Joined Nov 13, 20232026 profile

DJoaquin Castro [D-TX-20]Joined Nov 13, 20232026 profile

DDean Phillips [D-MN-03]Joined Nov 29, 2023

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H.R. 5375Strengthening the Quad Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 54

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors4 · 4 Democrats

H.R. 5375Strengthening the Quad Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 54

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors4 · 4 Democrats

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