Bills About International Affairs Sponsored by Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.)

Rep. Fortenberry sponsored 22 bills about international affairs in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

Introduced Number Title Cosponsors Cosponsor Party Latest Action
March 27, 2019 H.RES.259 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to support the repatriation of religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq to their ancestral homelands. 76
Bipartisan
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jan. 18, 2018 H.R.4819 To promote inclusive economic growth through conservation and biodiversity programs that facilitate transboundary cooperation, improve natural resource management, and build local capacity to protect and preserve threatened wildlife species in the greater Okavango River Basin of southern Africa. 41
Bipartisan
Became Public Law No: 115-353.
Oct. 12, 2018 H.R.7060 To establish the Palestinian Partnership Fund to promote joint economic development and finance joint ventures between Palestinian entrepreneurs and companies in the United States, Israel, countries in the Middle East to improve economic cooperation and people to people exchanges to further shared community building, peaceful coexistence, dialogue, and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. 1
All Democrats
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Oct. 5, 2018 H.RES.1117 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States assistance to Iraqi Christians, Yazidis, and other minority communities victimized by ISIS genocide must be combined with a clear plan for local security to facilitate the repatriation of these groups to their ancestral homelands. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb. 27, 2017 H.R.1221 To seek the establishment of and contributions to an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. 3
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sept. 9, 2016 H.CON.RES.152 Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States and the international community should support the Republic of Iraq and its people to recognize a province in the Nineveh Plain region, consistent with lawful expressions of self-determination by its indigenous peoples. 11
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sept. 9, 2015 H.CON.RES.75 Expressing the sense of Congress that those who commit or support atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities, including Yezidis, Turkmen, Sabea-Mandeans, Kaka'e, and Kurds, and who target them specifically for ethnic or religious reasons, are committing, and are hereby declared to be committing, "war crimes", "crimes against humanity", and "genocide". 213
Bipartisan
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
July 24, 2014 H.CON.RES.110 Calling for urgent international intervention on behalf of Iraqi civilians facing a dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecution in the Nineveh Plain region of Iraq. 55
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Aug. 1, 2013 H.R.2935 To establish more efficient and effective policies and processes for departments and agencies engaged in or providing support to, international conservation. 13
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
June 11, 2013 H.R.2314 To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a strategy to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and related materials in the Middle East and North Africa region, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
June 27, 2012 H.R.6038 To strengthen the role of the United States in the international community of nations in conserving natural resources to further global prosperity and security. 42
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
July 13, 2011 H.R.2519 To amend the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 to prohibit peacekeeping operations assistance to countries that recruit and use child soldiers. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
April 1, 2011 H.R.1326 To underscore the importance of international nuclear safety cooperation for operating power reactors, encouraging the efforts of the Convention on Nuclear Safety, supporting progress in improving nuclear safety, enhancing the public availability of nuclear safety information, and for other purposes. 3
All Democrats
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sept. 14, 2010 H.RES.1615 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth, and honoring the life and legacy, of Mother Teresa. 32
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Nov. 5, 2009 H.CON.RES.209 Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Iranian hostage crisis, during which 52 United States citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981, and for other purposes. 0 Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Oct. 8, 2009 H.R.3774 To implement title V of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 and to promote economical and environmentally sustainable means of meeting the energy demands of developing countries, and for other purposes. 0 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
March 24, 2009 H.RES.282 Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. 27
Bipartisan
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
April 24, 2008 H.CON.RES.332 Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 49
Bipartisan
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Dec. 18, 2007 H.CON.RES.272 Urging the United States Government to initiate a diplomatic surge to foster security and stability in the Middle East by engaging international stakeholders and governments throughout the region to curtail destabilizing influences, help prevent the spread of violence, address humanitarian concerns, and enhance prospects for security, political, and economic progress in Iraq. 1
All Republicans
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Nov. 15, 2007 H.R.4223 To establish the Congressional-Executive Commission on the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 6
Bipartisan
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
July 12, 2007 H.R.3028 To end the use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world, and for other purposes. 15
Bipartisan
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Dec. 6, 2006 H.R.6386 To establish the Congressional-Executive Commission on the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 0
All Republicans
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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