HR36: MEGOBARI Act
119th Congress (2025–2027) · House bill · Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
119th Congress (2025–2027) · House bill · Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Roll-call votes | 1 |
| Chamber | House |
| Latest vote | 2025-05-05: Passed |
| Latest action | 2025-05-06: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 70. |
| Policy area | International Affairs |
| Official record | Congress.gov |
Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence Act or the MEGOBARI ActThis 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; andany 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…
Subjects: Alliances, Asia, Books and print media, China, Civil actions and liability, Collective security, Congressional oversight, Detention of persons, Digital media, Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.
| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | Not voting | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-05 | House | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Passed | 348 | 41 | 39 | Official tally |
HR36 in the 114th Congress (2015–2017): Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
HR36 (MEGOBARI Act) was introduced in the 119th Congress (2025–2027) by Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2].
On 2025-05-06: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 70.
1 recorded vote in the 119th Congress. The most recent, on 2025-05-05, was "2/3 Yea-And-Nay": Passed.
No. Bill numbers restart each Congress. HR36 was also used in the 114th Congress for different legislation.