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- H.R.1654
H.R.1654: To authorize the direct provision of defense articles, defense services, and related training to the Kurdistan Regional Government, and for other purposes.
About This Bill
- Introduced March 26, 2015
- Latest Major Action Dec. 9, 2015
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
51 (15 Democrats, 36 Republicans)
Bill Version
- Introduced in House - March 26, 2015
Bill Summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that: defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is critical to maintaining a unified Iraq in which all faiths and ethnicities are afforded equal protection and full integration into the government and society; the people of Kurdistan face a deadly threat from ISIL which the Iraqi Security Forces, of which the Peshmerga are a component, are currently unable to match in armaments; any...
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| Dec. 9, 2015 |
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
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| Dec. 9, 2015 |
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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| March 26, 2015 |
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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| March 26, 2015 |
Introduced in the House by Edward Royce (R-Calif.) |