Bills · 118th Congress · International Affairs

Strengthening the Quad Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced9/8/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 2/15/24
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 379–39 on February 15, 2024 (Roll Call 54 →). Received in the Senate on February 26, 2024. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 2/15/24Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic206 Yea · 2 Nay · 4 Not voting
  • Republican173 Yea · 37 Nay · 9 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Strengthening the Quad Act

This bill directs the Department of State to seek to establish a working group with Japan, Australia, and India to facilitate closer cooperation on shared interests and values. (The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, also known as the Quad, is a coalition comprised of the United States and these three countries.)

The bill also requires the State Department to report to Congress a strategy for bolstering engagement and cooperation with the Quad. The strategy shall address cooperation on issues including (1) broad-based and inclusive economic growth; (2) technology cooperation and energy innovation; and (3) resilient supply chains, including for critical minerals.

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Sponsor
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks ( Democrat · NY-5)
Cosponsors
4
Introduced
9/8/23
Policy area
International Affairs

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (13)
  1. 9/8/23Introduced in House
  2. 9/8/23Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  3. 11/29/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  4. 11/29/23Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 0.
  5. 2/14/24Mr. Self moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  6. 2/14/24Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H610-612)
  7. 2/14/24DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5375.
  8. 2/14/24At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  9. 2/15/24Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H662-663)
  10. 2/15/24Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 379 - 39 (Roll no. 54). (text: 2/14/2024 CR H610-611)
  11. 2/15/24On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 379 - 39 (Roll no. 54). (text: 2/14/2024 CR H610-611)
  12. 2/15/24Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  13. 2/26/24Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.