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[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WILSON of South Carolina:H.R. 36.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:To counter the influnce of the Chinese Communist Party, theIranian Regime, and the Russian Federation in the nation ofGeorgia[Page H36]
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 55.
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Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 70.
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 349 - 42 (Roll no. 116). (text: CR H1824-1826)
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Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 349 - 42 (Roll no. 116). (text: CR H1824-1826)
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Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1840-1841: 1)
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At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 36.
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Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1823-1828: 1)
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Mr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
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2025-01-31
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International Affairs
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- Books and print media
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- China
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- Civil actions and liability
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- Georgia (Republic)
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- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
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- Human rights
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- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
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- Iran
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- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
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- Protest and dissent
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- Rule of law and government transparency
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- Russia
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- Sanctions
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- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
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- Visas and passports
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International Affairs
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Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence Act or the MEGOBARI Act
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.

MEGOBARI Act
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MEGOBARI Act
2025-05-08T04:38:17Z
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Senate
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152

Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence Act
2025-05-08T04:38:17Z
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Senate
Placed on Calendar Senate
PCS
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104

Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence Act
2025-05-07T04:23:17Z
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Engrossed in House
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MEGOBARI Act
2025-05-07T04:23:17Z
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House
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- Official Title as Introduced
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To counter the influence of the Chinese Communist Party, the Iranian Regime, and the Russian Federation in the nation of Georgia.
2025-01-31T09:05:13Z
Introduced in House
IH
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MEGOBARI Act
2025-01-31T03:38:18Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
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Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence Act
2025-01-31T03:38:17Z
Introduced in House
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MEGOBARI Act
2025-01-31T03:38:17Z
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IH
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2025-05-06T04:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr36pcs/xml/BILLS-119hr36pcs.xml
- Engrossed in House
2025-05-05T04:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr36eh/xml/BILLS-119hr36eh.xml
- Introduced in House
2025-01-03T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr36ih/xml/BILLS-119hr36ih.xml
2025-05-06
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 70.
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