Bill Sponsor
House Bill 8038
118th Congress(2023-2024)
21st Century Peace through Strength Act
Active
Amendments
Active
Passed House on Apr 20, 2024
Overview
Text
Introduced
Apr 17, 2024
Latest Action
Apr 23, 2024
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
8038
Congress
118
Policy Area
International Affairs
International Affairs
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting foreign aid, human rights, international law and organizations; national governance; arms control; diplomacy and foreign officials; alliances and collective security. Measures concerning trade agreements, tariffs, foreign investments, and foreign loans may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Texas
Republican
Arkansas
Republican
Colorado
Republican
New Jersey
Republican
Pennsylvania
Republican
South Carolina
Republican
Tennessee
House Votes (2)
Senate Votes (0)
Question
On Passage
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
Yea-And-Nay
Roll Number
145
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

21st Century Peace through Strength Act

This bill establishes law on various foreign policy matters. For example, the bill

  • requires the President to impose property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons (i.e., individuals and entities) associated with transnational criminal organizations that traffic fentanyl;
  • authorizes the President to seize and transfer certain Russian sovereign assets to fund Ukrainian war compensation or reconstruction;
  • prohibits entities in the United States from distributing, updating, or maintaining a website or application operated by ByteDance, Ltd., TikTok, or certain other entities;
  • prohibits data brokers from providing personally identifiable sensitive data of U.S. persons to foreign adversary countries;
  • imposes property-, docking-, and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons operating ports, ships, and refineries supporting Iranian petroleum exports;
  • imposes property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons supporting Iranian missile programs and on certain Iranian leaders;
  • imposes property-blocking sanctions on foreign states providing material support to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad; 
  • requires the United States to regulate exports of certain foreign-produced items related to Iran; 
  • extends the authority of the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons using human shields;
  • imposes property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons involved in the trafficking of captagon;
  • requires U.S. financial institutions to close certain accounts related to Iranian leaders and the Department of the Treasury to seek the closure of such accounts in foreign financial institutions; and
  • prohibits U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining certain accounts with Chinese financial institutions that support Iranian petroleum exports.
Text (1)
April 17, 2024
Amendments (2)
Displaying only amendments with a detailed public record (1)
Apr 20, 2024
Agreed to in House
1
Sponsorship
House Amendment 889
Amendment requires the Treasury Department to report and brief Congress identifying all assets of the Iranian Government or covered persons valued at more than $5 million and requires a list of all licenses, statements of licensing policy, action letters, and all other sanction exemptions relating to Iran.
Agreed To
Public Record
Record Updated
Jun 25, 2024 1:32:33 PM