H.R. 36MEGOBARI Act

1 recorded actionWhat the measure does Read on Congress.gov

Sponsor: Joe Wilson [R-SC-02]
Cosponsors: 18 · 10 Democrats · 8 Republicans
Policy area: International Affairs
Committees: Foreign Affairs Committee, Judiciary Committee
Latest action: May 6, 2025 · Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 70.

IntroducedJan 3, 2025
Passed the HouseMay 5, 2025
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

This bill requires the President to impose sanctions on certain foreign persons, including Georgian government officials, who are undermining Georgia's security or stability.

Specifically, the bill requires the President to impose visa-blocking sanctions and authorizes the President to impose property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person the President determines is involved with actions or policies to undermine Georgia's security or stability. Immediate family members of a sanctioned individual are also subject to these sanctions if they benefited from the sanctioned individual's conduct.

The bill also requires the President to impose visa-blocking sanctions on the following foreign persons if the President determines such persons knowingly engaged in significant acts of corruption or acts of violence or intimidation in relation to the blocking of Euro-Atlantic integration in Georgia:

any individual who served as a member of the Georgian parliament or as a senior official of a Georgian political party on or after January 1, 2014;

any individual who is serving as an official in a leadership position on behalf of the Georgian government; and
any immediate family member of such officials who benefited from their conduct.

Additionally, for the purpose of potential imposition of sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the President must determine whether there are foreign persons who, on or after the bill's enactment, have engaged in (1) significant corruption in Georgia, or (2) acts to undermine Georgia's security or stability.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 36 as introduced in House on Jan 3, 2025. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 116

House May 5, 2025

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

MEGOBARI Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

349 Yea 42 Nay 42 not voting

Crossed both parties 42 of 391 voting members broke with their own party: 8 Democrats, 34 Republicans.

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All members433 members

Democratic213 members

Independent1 member

Republican219 members

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

Cosponsors18 · 10 Democrats · 8 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 36 and vote against it. 3 signed when it was filed.

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H.R. 36MEGOBARI Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 116

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors18 · 10 Democrats · 8 Republicans

H.R. 36MEGOBARI Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 116

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors18 · 10 Democrats · 8 Republicans

Who lobbied on H.R. 363 organizations

Who lobbied on H.R. 363 organizations