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H.R. 7025: Advancing Human Rights-Centered International Conservation Act of 2022

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H.R. 7025: Advancing Human Rights-Centered International Conservation Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2022-03-09 · International Affairs · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-03-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 377 (2022): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR7025 (2022-07-19), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Advancing Human Rights-Centered International Conservation Act of 2022

Plain summary

Advancing Human Rights-Centered International Conservation Act of 2022 This bill requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to take actions to ensure that the international financial assistance it provides does not go to any foreign security force unit (e.g., a military or paramilitary unit) where there is a reasonable belief that the unit has committed a gross violation of internationally recognized human rights. The USFWS must conduct risk analysis to ensure that a recipient (or subrecipient) of a grant does not fund or support any such unit. The prohibition against providing funding to such a unit shall not apply if the applicable government is taking effective steps to (1) bring the responsible members of the unit to justice, and (2) prevent gross violations of internationally recognized human rights by the unit in the future. The USFWS must take other actions to prevent funding such a unit, such as (1) coordinating with the Department of State on procedures for vetting potential assistance recipients, (2) publicly identifying units that are barred from receiving assistance, (3) requiring assistance recipients to provide certain information and to implement a safeguards plan, and (4) requiring periodic financial and programmatic audits of assistance recipients. The bill also requires (1) a grant recipient to report credible information about possible human rights violations involving a grant to the USFWS and the relevant diplomatic or consular post, (2) the program awarding the grant to investigate such allegations, and (3) the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior to investigate certain cases referred by the USFWS.

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Official text

Advancing Human Rights-Centered International Conservation Act of 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] · 5 cosponsors

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Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Steve Cohen (D-TN)

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Record fed-us-cong117-hr7025 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117