H.R. 36: Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence Act
Bill · 119th Congress (2025–2026). Passed House, 5 May 2025. Introduced 3 Jan 2025.
Official title: To counter the influence of the Chinese Communist Party, the Iranian Regime, and the Russian Federation in the nation of Georgia.
Vote results
- House, 5 May 2025: Passed, 349 Yea, 42 Nay, 0 Present, 42 Not voting. The House’s roll call
- Senate: not yet considered.
- President: Not before the President yet: both chambers must pass it first.
How each member voted
Senate
Not yet considered.
House
Yea (349): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); James Comer (R-KY-1); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Cleo Fields (D-LA-6); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (I-CA-3); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Richard McCormick (R-GA-7); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3); Tom Barrett (R-MI-7); Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5); Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK-AL); Wesley Bell (D-MO-1); Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3); Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8); Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR-5); Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ-3); Jeff Crank (R-CO-5); Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3); Troy Downing (R-MT-2); Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3); Gabe Evans (R-CO-8); Julie Fedorchak (R-ND-AL); Shomari Figures (D-AL-2); Laura Friedman (D-CA-30); Laura Gillen (D-NY-4); Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12); Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2); Adam Gray (D-CA-13); Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8); Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3); Brian Jack (R-GA-3); Julie Johnson (D-TX-32); Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3); George Latimer (D-NY-16); Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA-16); Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7); John W. Mannion (D-NY-22); Sarah McBride (D-DE-AL); April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6); Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8); Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6); Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8); Dave Min (D-CA-47); Tim Moore (R-NC-14); Kelly Morrison (D-MN-3); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD-2); Nellie Pou (D-NJ-9); Emily Randall (D-WA-6); Josh Riley (D-NY-19); Luz M. Rivas (D-CA-29); Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2); Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6); Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12); Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10); David J. Taylor (R-OH-2); Derek Tran (D-CA-45); Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7); George Whitesides (D-CA-27); Randy Fine (R-FL-6); Jimmy Patronis (R-FL-1); David Scott (D-GA-13); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20).
Nay (42): Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Barry Moore (R-AL-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Brandon Gill (R-TX-26); Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10); Mark Harris (R-NC-8); Brad Knott (R-NC-13); John J. McGuire III (R-VA-5); Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2); Robert F. Onder, Jr. (R-MO-3); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14).
Not voting (42): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); André Carson (D-IN-7); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); John James (R-MI-10); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11).
Not in office (12): James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11); Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Matt Van Epps (R-TN-7); Christian D. Menefee (D-TX-18); Clay Fuller (R-GA-14); Analilia Mejia (D-NJ-11); James Gallagher (R-CA-1); Everton Blair Jr. (D-GA-13); Aisha Wahab (D-CA-14); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Sylvester Turner (D-TX-18).
Summary
Main subject: Requires the President to determine whether certain people have acted against Georgia's stability or Euro-Atlantic integration and to impose visa sanctions on them, and requires reports and a strategy on United States relations with Georgia. Sec. 6, Sec. 5
Its core areas: Visa and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons connected to Georgia; Reports and a 5-year strategy on United States relations with Georgia; Conditional security cooperation and exchanges with Georgia.
Unexpected Items: 1 provision
These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.
Exception or delay for a subset (1)
- Sec. 6: Sanctions: Exempts certain kinds of activity from the sanctions: intelligence activities, actions needed to meet UN Headquarters Agreement or other international obligations, transactions for agricultural commodities, food, medicine, medical devices or humanitarian aid, and imports of goods from the property-blocking requirement.
What it does
- Sec. 6: Requires the President, within 90 days of enactment, to determine whether certain foreign persons, including members of Georgia's Parliament since January 1, 2014 and current leadership officials of the Georgian government, knowingly engaged in significant acts of corruption or acts of violence or intimidation in relation to the blocking of Euro-Atlantic integration in Georgia.
- Sec. 6: Makes each foreign person with an affirmative determination inadmissible and ineligible for a visa, revokes their current visas, and lets the President waive these sanctions case by case on stated grounds.
- Sec. 6: Authorizes property-blocking sanctions and requires visa sanctions for foreign persons the President determines are responsible for actions intended to undermine the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Georgia.
- Sec. 5: Requires a classified report within 180 days on Russian intelligence elements in Georgia, with an annex on Chinese influence, and a 5-year strategy for bilateral relations with Georgia within 90 days.
- Sec. 7: States that, once the President certifies Georgia has shown significant and sustained progress toward democracy and Euro-Atlantic integration, the Secretary of State should seek to enhance people-to-people contacts and academic exchanges with Georgia.
- Sec. 8: Ends the force and effect of the Act 5 years after the date of enactment.
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