Pending Legislation
H.R.1473 : Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
Sponsor: Rep Rogers, Harold [KY-5] (introduced 4/11/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Appropriations; House Budget; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 112-10
H.R.1530 : To establish the Afghanistan-Pakistan Study Group.
Sponsor: Rep Wolf, Frank R. [VA-10] (introduced 4/13/2011) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 4/13/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
H.R.1699 : Pakistan Foreign Aid Accountability Act
Sponsor: Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] (introduced 5/3/2011) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 5/3/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
H.R.1790 : Defund United States Assistance to Pakistan Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] (introduced 5/5/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 5/5/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
H.R.2219 : Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012
Sponsor: Rep Young, C.W. Bill [FL-10] (introduced 6/16/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Appropriations; Senate Appropriations
House Reports: 112-110; Senate Reports: 112-77
Latest Major Action: 9/15/2011 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 169.
H.R.2583 : Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2012
Sponsor: Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] (introduced 7/19/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
House Reports: 112-223
Latest Major Action: 9/23/2011 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 145.
H.R.3013 : Pakistan Accountability Act
Sponsor: Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] (introduced 9/22/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 9/22/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
H.R.3115 : Ensuring the Effective Use of United States Aid to Pakistan Act
Sponsor: Rep Coffman, Mike [CO-6] (introduced 10/6/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 10/14/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
H.RES.141 : Expressing condolences for the murder of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer and Pakistan Minister of Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti, and calling for a Taseer-Bhatti Resolution in the United Nations Human Rights Council honoring their courage in defense of core principles of Pakistan’s democracy, enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, particularly the freedom of religion.
Sponsor: Rep Franks, Trent [AZ-2] (introduced 3/3/2011) Cosponsors (11)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
H.RES.164 : Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives to the people of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan upon the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, Minister for Minorities, who courageously advocated for religious freedom and tolerance in Pakistan and calling on the United States to renew its efforts with international partners in the Human Rights Council and the United Nations General Assembly to promote religious freedom and tolerance in accordance with international human rights standards.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 3/10/2011) Cosponsors (17)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
H.AMDT.529 to H.R.2219 Amendment sought to reduce funding by $1 billion from accounts used for reimbursements to Pakistan and to apply the savings to the spending reduction account.
Sponsor: Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] (introduced 7/6/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/7/2011 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Poe (TX) amendment (A024) Failed by recorded vote: 131 – 297 (Roll no. 505).
H.AMDT.537 to H.R.2219 Amendment sought to reduce the funding for counterinsurgency in Pakistan by $1 billion and to apply the savings to the spending reduction account.
Sponsor: Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] (introduced 7/6/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/7/2011 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Poe (TX) amendment (A032) Failed by recorded vote: 140 – 285 (Roll no. 510).
H.AMDT.554 to H.R.2219 An amendment to prohibit the use of funds be used to provide assistance to Pakistan.
Sponsor: Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] (introduced 7/7/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/7/2011 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Rohrabacher amendment (A049) Failed by recorded vote: 89 – 338 (Roll no. 519).
S.1245 : Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2011
Sponsor: Sen Blunt, Roy [MO] (introduced 6/22/2011) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 6/22/2011 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
S.1253 : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl [MI] (introduced 6/22/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Senate Reports: 112-26
Latest Major Action: 6/22/2011 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 80.
S.1254 : Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl [MI] (introduced 6/22/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 6/22/2011 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 81.
S.1601 : Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012
Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] (introduced 9/22/2011) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Appropriations
Senate Reports: 112-85
Latest Major Action: 9/22/2011 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 179.









