H.R. 4434: Africa Counter Terrorism Initiative Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-04-09 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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Where it came from: introduced 2014-04-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Africa Counter Terrorism Initiative Act

Plain summary

Africa Counter Terrorism Initiative Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to develop, submit to Congress, and implement within one year after enactment of this Act a plan to transfer the headquarters of AFRICOM from Stuttgart, Germany, to a location in the continental United States. Requires the plan to provide for: (1) the 65th Air Base Wing to be an AFRICOM asset; (2) AFRICOM permanent assets to be located at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal; (3) the transfer of U.S. assets at Lajes Field from United States European Command to AFRICOM for purposes of being the forward operating location, logistical hub, and location of AFRICOM assets; and (4) the relocation of the Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response (SP-MAGTF CR) from Moron Air Base, Spain, to Lajes Field. Directs the Secretary to conduct a review of the Agreement on Cooperation and Defense Between the United States and Portugal, signed at Lisbon on June 1, 1995, to ensure that such Agreement accurately reflects and accounts for such plan. Requires Lajes Field to continue operating 24 hours a day, at or above its 2012 levels of readiness, effective until at least the date of completion of the 2018 quadrennial defense review.

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Africa Counter Terrorism Initiative Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22] · 40 cosponsors

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William R. Keating (D-MA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Todd Young (R-IN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Ballot initiative: A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
Continuing resolution: A temporary law that keeps government agencies funded, usually at the previous year's levels, when the regular yearly spending bills are not finished by the start of the fiscal year.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr4434.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr4434 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113