H.R. 5665—Combating International Islamophobia Act
H.R. 5665 - Combating International Islamophobia Act
Hearing Information
Meeting Information
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 - 9:00am H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Video
Rules Committee Meeting on H.R. 5665 and H. Res. - (H. Rept. 117-216)
Bill Text
Rules Committee Print 117-23 PDF XML
(as reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs)
H. Rept. 117-215 PDF
Report from the Committee on Foreign Affairs to accompany H.R. 5665
Hearing Documents
Rule PDF
H. Rept. 117-218PDF
Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 8-4 on Tuesday, December 14, 2021.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 849:
Agreed to by record vote of 219-213, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 220-210, on Tuesday, December 14, 2021.
MANAGERS: McGovern/Reschenthaler
1. Closed rule.
2. Provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or their 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 117-23, modified by the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report, 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 one motion to recommit.
Amendments (click each header to sort table ▲▼ by that column)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | Mooney (WV) | Republican | Requires the Special Envoy to counter China for its genocide of the Uyghurs. This is done by working to stop Uyghur slave labor, enhancing economic sanctions on China’s economy, and calling for a full boycott of the Beijing Olympic Games. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 1 | McClain (MI) | Republican | Contains a Sense of Congress supporting President Trump's maximum pressure campaign on Iranian regime and normalizing relations with the Taliban will provide the group resources to continue its campaign of violence. Requires a report within 60 days from the Secretaries of State and Treasury on the impact of lifting sanctions on Iran and the Taliban. | Submitted |
| 3 | Version 1 | Banks (IN) | Republican | Expresses the sense of Congress that Dawning Information Industry Co. (Sugon) is directly involved in the PRC's surveillance of Uyghur Muslims. Requires a report on the impact of removing investment prohibitions on Sugon under authorities pursuant to Executive Order 13959. | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 1 | Banks (IN) | Republican | Attaches the Senate’s Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which would ensure that CCP is not profiting from its abuses by stopping products made with Uyghur Muslim forced labor from entering our supply chains. | Submitted |
| 5 | Version 1 | Franklin (FL) | Republican | Strikes the prohibition on funds used by the bill relating to the "Trump travel ban". | Submitted |
| 6 | Version 1 | Meeks (NY) | Democrat | MANAGER’S AMENDMENT Makes a technical fix to accurately describe the Uyghur Autonomous Region. | Considered as Adopted |
| 7 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Adds a provision that prevents Special Envoy from disparaging Israel or working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. | Submitted |
| 8 | Version 2 | Steube (FL) | Republican | Revised Expresses "the sense of Congress that President Joe Biden’s statements on multiple occasions that there is no Thomas Jefferson behind the sand dune in the Middle East, implying that the Muslim people do not have any democratic thinkers or aspirations, represented a soft bigotry of low expectations against Muslims." | Revised |
| 9 | Version 1 | Steube (FL) | Republican | States that countering sectarianism against Muslim sects, including the Islamic Republic of Iran’s promotion of incitement, hatred, violations of religious freedom, and gross human rights abuses against Sunni Muslims within Iran and throughout the Middle East, and the Taliban’s promotion of incitement, hatred, violations of religious freedom, and gross human rights abuses against Shia Muslims within Afghanistan and throughout the Middle East, including through the support of economic sanctions, such as those laid out in President Donald J. Trump’s maximum pressure campaign, to deny the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Taliban, the resources to commit sectarian acts against Sunni and Shia Muslims. | Submitted |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 176
Motion by Mrs. Torres to report the rule. Adopted: 8–4