H.R. 3485 - Global Respect Act

Bill Text

    Rules Committee Print 117-30 PDF XML

    Showing the text of H.R. 3485, as reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, with modifications.

    Text of H.R. 3485 PDF XML

    (as reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs)

    H. Rept. 117-224, Part 1 PDF

    Report from the Committee on Foreign Affairs to accompany H.R. 3485

    Comparative Print PDF

    Showing the differences between H.R. 3485, as reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rules Committee Print 117-30.

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 8-4 on Tuesday, February 1, 2022.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 900: 
Agreed to by record vote of 219-203, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 219-205, on February 2, 2022.

MANAGERS: Ross/Fischbach

1. Structured rule for H.R. 3485.
2. Provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or their respective designees.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-30 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
6. Provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3 shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Section 3 provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
8. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part A of the report and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution.
9. Provides one motion to recommit.

10. Structured rule for H.R. 4445.
11. Provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their designees.
12. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
13. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-29 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
14. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
15. Makes in order the further amendment printed in Part B of the report, if offered by the member designated in the report, which shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
16. Waives all points of order against the amendment printed in part B of the report.
17. Provides one motion to recommit.
18. Structured rule for H.R. 4521.
19. Provides two hours of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology or their designees.
20. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
21. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-31, modified by the amendment printed in part C of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
22. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
23. Provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in part D of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 8 shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
24. Section 8 provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology or her designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part D of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
25. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part D of the report and amendments en bloc described in section 8 of the resolution.
26. Provides one motion to recommit.
27. Provides that House Resolution 188, agreed to March 8, 2021 (as most recently amended by House Resolution 860, agreed to January 11, 2022), is amended by striking “February 4, 2022” each place it appears and inserting (in each instance) “April 1, 2022”.
28. Provides that proceedings may be postponed through March 3, 2022, on measures that were the object of motions to suspend the rules on the legislative day of February 1, 2022, and on which the yeas and nays were ordered.

Amendments (click headers to sort)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
1Version 1Manning (NC)DemocratAdds torture to the list of violations of human rights for which the President may impose sanctions.Made in Order
2Version 2Gottheimer (NJ)DemocratRevised Requires a study from the Secretary of State examining risks to LGBTQI individuals at a regional bureau level.Made in Order
3Version 1Gottheimer (NJ)DemocratRequires the U.S. to withhold 10 percent of assessed contributions to the United Nations until the date on which the United Nations Human Rights Council publishes a report on the state of LGBTQI rights on a country-by-country basis for the Middle East and North Africa.Submitted
4Version 1Porter (CA)DemocratRequires a report to Congress on individuals responsible for violations of human rights against LGBTQI people be submitted in an unclassified form and published on a publicly available State Department website, and the report may include a classified annex.Made in Order
5Version 1Williams (GA)DemocratCommissions a report on how the Department of State can coordinate internationally to proactively prevent human rights violations against individuals based on actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics.Made in Order
6Version 2Crist (FL)DemocratRevised Authorizes the President to exempt certain immediate family members who themselves face persecution from possible inadmissibility or revocation of visas.Made in Order
7Version 2Harder (CA)DemocratRevised Prevents any provisions of the bill from imposing sanctions or taking actions against any foreign individual based solely upon religious belief.Made in Order
8Version 1Tlaib (MI)DemocratProvides LGBTQIA+ individuals from countries and territories that criminalize their identity with a presumption of persecution for purposes of US refugee admissions, and exempts them from the refugee cap.Submitted
9Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanLate Adds a Sense of Congress that President Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan has placed the lives of vulnerable populations at risk.Submitted
10Version 1Perry (PA)RepublicanLate Precludes the sanctions prescribed in the legislation from being used against individuals exercising their freedom of speech, religion, and association. Also prevents sanctions prescribed in the legislation from being used against individuals with sincerely held religious or conscience-based beliefs.Submitted